Chapter 51: Myrtle Beach to Wrightsville Beach

Log 51
Myrtle Beach, SC. to Wrightsville Beach, NC.

6:30 AM
Wednesday, May 24, 2000
SeaPath Yacht Club
Wrightsville Beach, NC.

Day 52

It will be a short log today. First of all I’m in kind of a hurry, and secondly there isn’t much to report on yesterday’s trip.

Yesterday…

We left Myrtle Beach at about 7:30. Our plans were to go about 85 miles, but as soon as I got my e-mail, and then my voice mail, I knew there may be issues. Then I talked to our customer in Richmond, and I knew there were issues. Bottom line is we had a lot more volume to handle through the facility than we ever had before, and we told them we had concerns that things were not ready yet, and it turns out they weren’t. So…..Steve and I are going to drive to Richmond (today) to have a meeting to sort out how we work together, with Perdue, to get these issues handled. I’ll be in Richmond the next two weeks, but this is the right thing to do.
Handling all of this yesterday took almost all of my morning, but there were a couple of highlights. First of all there was the pontoon bridge just north of Myrtle Beach. The center part of this bridge is built on a boat and sits in the middle of the water. (I’m serious) Once an hour they stop traffic, and a cable pulls the boat sideways (kind of like the bow of the boat pivots, and the stern of the boat swings). This takes away the center part of the bridge (which is sitting on the boat) and allows for the passage of boats. Once the boats have passed, another cable pulls it back into place. (Wouldn’t it have been fun to be around for the meetings when they talked about some idea someone had to construct that bridge. You want to build WHAT?)
The other thing is that as we got closer (and I was off of the phone) the scenery got very pretty. We were following the coastline, just inside small barrier islands, and the watercolor, and beaches were very pretty. We reached Wrightsville Beach about 3 PM.
Once we got here we cleaned up the boat, and Steve went and got the rental car. I got the dinghy ready for the girls to use while we’re gone. We took advantage of the rental car, by going out to dinner at a local favorite (King Neptune’s), and also went to the store to get some needed items.

Today,
Steve and I are off to Richmond. It’s about 250 miles, and we need to be there mid afternoon, so we’ll leave about 8. If things go well, we’ll stay the night, and head back in the morning. I’m sure the girls will have a great time. It looks like the weather will be great, and Deb’s cousin called (Lori Cunningham, who lives in the area), and so they will be fine. Actually this works out pretty good, because we were trying to get together with Deb’s Aunt JoAnn Cunningham, in Myrtle Beach, and that didn’t work out, and Lori is JoAnn’ s daughter, so Deb can at least see some of the family that she doesn’t see that often.

I’m not sure there will be a log tomorrow, but we’ll see.

BK.