Blogged Down in South Carolina

We're tied to a pier in Myrtle beach, South Carolina. We arrived in the area yesterday after a chilly motor-sail from Southport, just west of Cape Fear.

Southport was a fun little town with funky restaurants named Fishy Fishy and The Provision Company. The homes are cottage types and locals told us that the village is a popular summer destination.

In getting to the Myrtle Beach area, we had to request the opening of a most unusual bridge. It's a pontoon bridge that the tender opens by operating a winch that pulls the floating chunk of highway aside. Another winch floats the pontoon back into place.

I'm using the WiFi provided by the hotel that adjoins the marina. We have discontinued our Verizon wireless service due to the extreme expense--$200 per month for 10Gb--and our inability to find our actual useage. The modem might tell us that we have used 5116 Mb one day then tell us that we have exceeded out 10Gb limit two days later even though we haven't used the computer. My blogging might get a little blogged down for a while because of this.

We have no plans for tomorrow other than to slow down our southbound pace. The weather for these next few days will be sunny with highs in the upper sixties. We're no longer in a hurry to find warmer weather.

The weather is here, wish you were beautiful.