The week was HOT here in Charleston - mostly 85 degrees, but "feels like" 99 degrees. I know you northerners covet warm weather, but this is a bit much for us. Greg escaped much of it as he had to fly back to Boston for client and candidate meetings. He says it is still Spring in Boston - no summer yet. Friday, the wind switched and much cooler days ensue. More energy to get about!
We've had great fun while here in this fine city. Visited the
South Carolina Aquarium where they have great species of things we saw while snorkeling in the Bahamas. Ate and drank at:
Craftsman Tap House,
Cypress,
High Cotton,
Amen Street,
Coast,
Hall's Chophouse,
Saffron Bakery,
Caviar and Bananas,
Charleston Grill. Now - just so you know - sometimes we just did take-away (as they say in the Bahamas), sometimes we just had a drink and munchie, sometimes we had a full-fledged dinner. If you want ratings or recommendations, just ask. Did a bit of shopping, checked out some historical sites, rented a car and visited area beaches, checked out the weekly farmer's and artisan's market, got in a couple days of the
Spoleto Festival and generally walked all over the entire peninsula. This would be a great place to live!
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| Tidal Flats and Live Oak at Boone Hall Plantation |
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| Southern Magnolia Flower near marina - smells so sweet! |
But - time to move on. We plan to head out early Monday morning, fill the fuel tanks and hit the high seas while the tide is ebbing. Our plan is to travel offshore, the 200 or so miles northeast to Beaufort, North Carolina. If wind and waves are with us, we will keep going the next 200 miles to the Chesapeake Bay, or we will go inside and travel the rest of the way on the ICW. Either way, our destination is further up the Bay, somewhere near Annapolis for a bit. Sharon wants to get to Fenwick Island, DE to clean and prepare the family beach house for summer fun. Greg may need to get back to Boston for a bit. That side of the Bay is a great place to hang for awhile.
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| The Beach at Sullivan's Island |
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| Carnival Fantasy leaving dock, Dream Catcher in foreground |
We hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial Day weekend with great weather and some family time. 'Til next time -
WAIT- post script here - It is Monday at 7am. We were going to be gone by now and we forgot to publish this post. When we tried to leave this morning at 6am, the fast moving current pushed our stern into the harbor so quickly that we were unable to maneuver the bow to the harbor opening. Fortunately, we didn't hit anything major. For the next 30 minutes, we proceeded to add lines, haul lines in, motor in reverse, haul lines in, motor in reverse, move lines down the dock and finally re-secured the boat - except now it is a bit further back on the dock, towards the harbor opening. This took a couple hearty and kind volunteers - the guy on the boat next to us (he obviously had a vested interest) and the guy that was peacefully fishing on the outer dock. We decided we should advisedly wait until slack tide - which to our dismay doesn't occur until 8:23am. THEN - Sharon discovered a large clevis pin lying on the foredeck. It was the size that is used to secure the very large and important shrouds that hold the mast in place. It was on the top deck and appeared to have fallen from above because there was a mark on the deck where it bounced and then rolled. Greg went onto the high dock with the binoculars to assess where it may have fallen from. Nothing was visibly missing. After looking around the mast area near deck, he discovered it belonged where the boom fits into the mast, the gooseneck.
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| Clevis Pin |
Sailor's Luck! This could have happened while we were sailing, the pin could have rolled off the deck before we discovered it, all kinds of scenarios ran through our minds! Here it is all fixed! So - we wait for slack and will head out then. Wish us luck!
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