In some of the shallow areas we went through today, the crab pot floaters and the pots themselves were visible Many houses along the stretch we passed today are on stilts.Beautiful sunny day today after the winds and storms yesterday. We watch the news…
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Barefoot Landing Marina, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Got up this morning to storm and tornado warnings all up the East Coast, from Florida to New York. We decided that we would stay here, tied to a secure dock, rather than try to travel. the sky was very ugly by times, and the winds got up every now and …
Barefoot Landing Marina, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Wayne changed oil today, big job done. We don’t think we will need to do it again before we reach home. The very nice man from the marina here drove Gloria and I to Wal Mart, where we managed to do a lot of shopping in a very short period of time. Seem…
Barefoot Landing Marina, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Travelled north another 50 miles today. It was cloudy this morning when we left, and we ran into rain storms a few times as we travelled. It was actually a beautiful travel day. We started the day going past marsh and what the chart says are abandoned …
Boat Yard Marina, Georgetown, South Carolina
Left Charleston early this morning, long travel day today. We were going to Georgetown, nearly 70 miles away. Luckily the tide was with us most of the way, so we arrived around 3:30. That was the good news. The bad news is that just before we got here …
Charleston, South Carolina
Happy Easter to all! Beautiful sunny day today. Went to church this morning at the First Presbyterian (Scots) Church, a church first built in 1731. It was partially destroyed by an earthquake in the late 1800’s, rebuilt with help from churches all over…
Charleston, South Carolina
The floating condo shipThe USS YorktownA beautifuld day here in Charleston after yesterday’s rain. We went this morning with Jim and Gloria from Crawdad to visit the Hunley, the world’s first successful combat submarine. This submarine was launche…
Charleston, South Carolina
We decided to spend the day touring Charleston. Started with Fort Sumter, which is located out in the harbor outside of Charleston, built upon a shoal which was enlarged to an island to hold the fort. The ride to the fort involved a half hour on a ferr…
Charleston City Docks, Charleston, SC
A huge repair facility along the intra coastalMiles of marsh along the route today.Left Beaufort this morning, had planned to anchor about half way between Beaufort and Charleston but the weather forecast called for storms so decided to make it a long …
City Marina of Beaufort, Beaufort, SC
Another beautiful warm day, heard one lady in town saying that spring had come too early, it should not be this warm quite this early. I asked what summer is like here, she said very hot with very high humidity. Got the courtesy car with Jim and Gloria…
