October 13, 2003
Myrtle Beach, SC

Dear God it's raining again.

We had a quite pleasant time in Myrtle Beach. Couple of days with no rain, lots of sunshine chilling on the beach for the whole day with our new friend Michael. Now it's pouring again.

Michael. is from Oakville and is sailing down with his dad aboard Woodwind. We had taken to the young lad and enjoyed his company immensely. It's so good to have someone else to chat with. I had quite a chuckle when he told me that since the very beginning of the trip they are following one character named Dan. They hooked up in Oswego and for couple of months now they raise anchor when he does, put up the sails, stop, go and stay the night right behind him. I guess they enjoy his company and since Dan done this trip many times before following him saves those guys some stress which we endured in heaps and bounds on numerous occasions. But sitting on a beautiful beach with no care and worry in this world makes it all a thing of the past. Our engine is running as it should and we have an opportunity to explore many cool places of the East Coast.

There are couple of episodes I haven't mentioned yet. Couple of days ago my beautiful friend Johannes decided to get up after sitting for awhile in the cockpit. Well, as it happens to some he completely passed out collapsing at my feet. My terror was short lived, however, since my German friend got up quickly massaging his bruised ribs which came in contact with our anchors. He assured me there's nothing to worry about and we laughed about this shortly after.

The other cool thing that happened was that in Oriental we went to town to look for a dinghy and we found bimini instead. The canvas workshop lady whom we visited one morning was kind to let us have a used bimini for absolutely free. It was designed for power boat but within few hours we were proud owners of the roof above our heads and to this day we are thrilled about this.

Me and Johannes enjoyed our day at the beach and in the afternoon the curiosity of different shops set up here at Barefoot Landing. We sat down in a swing chairs and were observing passerby like a couple of retired folk. Then we called Laurie and Kelly who were celebrating their Canadian Thanksgiving. We had such a joy chatting up in a three minute intervals allowed by the payphone. We are really looking forward to our time together at Kelly's place in Miami.

(M)