We had a good day on the water. W e had timed our arrival at McClellanville so we would have enough water the get thru. This is one of the places we can't get thru at low tide. Too Skinny.
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| Do you think they might need to do some landscaping? |
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| Beautiful old tree |
We saw lots of dolphins especially north of Charleston. None of them stayed with us long enough to get a picture. But they were there.
The Charleston Harbor is a very big area of water, with the potential for lots of problems. There are lots of markers and if you don't pay attention, you can get confused very easily. There can also be lots of boats that can make navigation difficult. It can also be very rough depending on the wind and current. We had a very calm ride across the inlet with no problems.
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| There were several barges working in the harbor. |
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| Beautiful bridge |
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| Coast Guard Center |
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| Beautiful downtown waterfront |
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| Famous or infamous Elliot's Cut, south of Charleston. If the current is swift, this can be tricky. |
We got there at about 4:30 after traveling about 9.5hrs at 6.4kts for a distance of 60nm. We were surrounded by crabpots, but had plenty of room to swing around.
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| Spray |
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| Beautiful |
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| Sunset |
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| My Captain |
We had no problems in the Asheapoo/Coosaw Cutoff. Again, our planning paid off. We did lose about 2kts of speed when we entered the cutoff.
Saw lots more dolphins along the way. Again, no pictures. But I will get some!
We were very surprised when we went under the bridge in Beaufort. There was a dock in our spot! No one asked us if the city could put a dock in our anchorage! As far as we know, we are the only people that anchor between the bridge and the marina. We don't know why, but we guess they are afraid of their anchor not holding good them and them hitting the bridge.
Since we had the possibility of some windy days, we opted to go on a mooring ball. Shay asked me if I remembered how to do it, since it had been a while since we'd picked up a mooring ball. No Problem. He had put the lines on the bow, got the bow in position, and held me there until I got a line on. Yeah! We got there at 2:15 after traveling 42nm at 6.3kts for almost 7 hrs.
We put our dingy down and picked up SeaSalt and headed to shore. It's hot dog/hamburger night special at The Filling Station so we walk across the bridge and have dinner on shore. Shay liked it since I'm not a hot dog person, so he had two dogs! Walked back to the boat for a quiet evening.
Back to shore the next day for a very long walk and some sightseeing. We found a grocery store on this side of the bridge within walking distance. We stopped in a small convenience store to look for bread. He told us there was a BI-LO about a mile up the road. Then he asked us if we could walk that far!! How dare he! We were insulted! Of course we can walk a mile. Stupid jerk!
So we went grocery shopping and then Shay lugged two heavy bags of groceries for a couple of miles back. Not my fault. He kept adding heavy things to the buggy.
Dinner on SeaSalt and thank y'all again.
Another walk around and cemetery stroll. The National Cemetery there is amazing. Now, I'm not usually a cemetery person, but its beautiful. Big trees with Spanish moss hanging from the limbs. Row and rows of symmetrical lines of stones. We stopped by the office and asked if they had tours and the guy said he had ordered a bus so they would start soon. I asked how many were buried there and he said 15,000 with room for a total of 25,000. They have people buried there that fought in the Civil War. They also have wives, husbands, and children of veterans buried there.
We are leaving tomorrow to head on down the ICW. We'll leave Spray and its crew here. Maybe we'll see him later.
Up and dropped mooring ball at 7:40. We were the first in a long line of boats leaving the area today.
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