Saturday, December 6, 2008

Leaving Charleston, SC today

We are currently at the fuel dock of the Charleston City Marina topping off the fuel and water tanks before heading back into the ICW for a 30 mile jaunt towards Beaufort, SC. We anticipate staying at anchor one night and then (weather permitting) hopping out of the ICW and doing an overnight trip to get to Ferdinando Beach, Florida.

Our stay in Charleston was great. We went ashore on the first day here and did laundry and food shopping. We also had lunch at a famous local restaurant, Jestine's and walked around Market Street with all the shops. That night we went to Dennis and Trudy's boat for drinks and they insisted we stay another day to come over for dinner the next evening - which we did. Friday morning it was rainy anyway, so it was good that we stayed. They put an awesome feast of stuffed cornish hen, baked potatoes and asparagas with little shrimp cups for an appetizer. Everything was very delicious and we always have a great time hanging out with them. They are the first cruising couple that we've met on this trip way back in Oyster Bay, NY and it's always really nice when we see them again. They are staying another day in Charleston, but hopefully we'll hook up with them again in Florida or Bahamas.

We'll update our location later today and keep everyone posted on our float plans.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Looks like you are all set and in Florida! Congratulations!!!