4/20/16 - 4/28/16         Hilton Head Island, SC to Myrtle Beach, SC

4/20/16 – 4/22/16        Harbour Town Yacht Basin on Hilton Head Island
                                 

Harbour Town Yacht Basin is part of the Sea Pines Resort which is extensive. It has 3 golf courses. The Harbour Town Golf Links course is played by the pros, and there are 2 others with a separate clubhouse. They also have a huge Ocean front Seaside Beach Club. They offer everything from houses to hotel rooms. Here are some wonderful pictures to enjoy.

The Harbour Town Yacht Basin

 

            The new club house for the Heron Point and Ocean Golf courses

 

            The Seaside Beach Club

 

In our travels around the island we saw more wild life than we expected

Check out the Little Gator hiding in the brush

4/22/16                                    Beaufort, SC

Our trip to Beaufort was another rather short trip of only 28 miles. We only stayed long enough to have dinner but I did get a few shots to share with you.

These were on our way

 

Our port for the night

 

            Pictures of the area

The River Walk and Pavilions

Main Street

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4/23/16                                    Charleston, SC

We weren’t able to get a reservation in downtown Charleston so we only stayed for one night at  the Charleston Harbor Marina across the harbor. But we were able to get some great shots of the city on our way through.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was our destination for the night. And there was even a welcoming committee of one jellyfish.

 

 

And these are part of the tour available at Patriots Point, There is also a submarine that I couldn’t get a shot of. There is also an actual satellite that you can walk through among other historical memorabilia.

 

 

4/24/16                                    Georgetown, SC

We are getting really close to the end of our Loop and are getting anxious so we are again spending only one night in Georgetown.

Here are some shots along the way.

 

Our dockage for the night was Georgetown Harbor Marina. It had a very nice little restaurant.

 

4/25/16 – 4/27/16        North Myrtle Beach, SC

Travelling to and through Myrtle Beach provided some interesting sites.

 Welcome to our dockage at Barefoot Resort Marina.

Camelot taken from the Barefoot Landing

 Across the river is the Barefoot Landing. This is a huge shopping complex complete with restaurants and shops galore. It has walkways across the lake within its center.

 

4/28/16                                   

Today we crossed our wake at Myrtle Beach Yacht Club and officially

                                                     

                                                    “Completed the Great Loop”.  

Our trip officially took 1 year and 16 days and we travelled 5886 miles.

The Gold Burgee represents a completed loop

 

 

This was a marvelous trip and we would recommend it to any adventurous boaters. We have met a tremendous number of really wonderful people and I expect we will stay in touch with some of them for years to come. And we have all of our marvelous memories and pictures of the scenic towns we visited along the way.

We have actually enjoyed ourselves so much that we aren’t ready to end our travels yet. We plan to head back up the East Coast and visit the East side of Canada this summer.  And then hopefully head south again next winter and head over to the Bahamas.

Thanks for following us through the Great Loop.

I will keep the blog going but will only post the highlights and probably very irregularly. We are heading back to Maryland at this time and expect to spend a month with our friends and family before heading out again. We want to be there for the Nursing graduation of our oldest grand daughter and the birth of our newest (6th) grandchild.

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