Georgetown Tonight; Myrtle Beach Tomorrow

Sunday, April 25:  We weathered the storm in Charleston. The solar panels and bimini were tied down. The alarm which signals that the winds are more than 30 knots kept going off. I went up and glanced at it once and winds were 32.2 knots, which is about 37 mph. The wind was really howling. It sounded eerie.

We had some rain in the morning, but it was mostly wind. Chuck walked the docks, looking at other boats, while I hung out on the boat with Jazzy and read a book. While walking, his Sheet Music hat blew off  his head, but he was able to reach in the water and snatch it out. It sure is his lucky hat! He has lost it several times and keeps getting it back.

We saw several large container ships go past the marina.

We saw this pretty sunset.

Monday, April 26:  We pulled away from the dock at Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina at 7 a.m. to meet Bum's Rest on the ICW. We reached the infamous Ben Sawyer Bridge at 7:55 a.m. The first opening wasn't until 9 a.m., so we had to hang out. I took the opportunity to go down and make breakfast while we circled around.

At left, one last photo of the U.S.S. Yorktown and the bridge.

Bum's Rest meeting us on the ICW.


We saw lots of dolphins today. They were everywhere! We saw them leaving the harbor and off and on all day. I still haven't caught a good picture of them!

It was a beautiful, sunny day. Mid 70s. We had a long day ahead of us. We were going 60+ miles.

As luck would have it, we made great time with the wind and current pushing us along for a good part of the day. We motorsailed most of the day. Winds were 12-17 knots with gusts up to 25 knots by the end of the day.

We thought we wouldn't arrive until 6 or 7 p.m., but at one point we were going 8 knots. We arrived about 5:30 p.m.

I made a new recipe for Swedish meatballs with wild rice, green beans and applesauce. We had pudding for dessert.

After dinner, we took a walk about four blocks up the street to buy bread and get a little exercise. Tomorrow we'll leave around 7 a.m. for Myrtle Beach.