Charleston

 11/28- I think I got the date right. It’s hard enough remembering what day of the week it is. 

    We rose with the sun this morning. It was chilly for sure but we needed to get on the move so that we could get through all the troublesome spots with a higher tide. We didn’t have any trouble except at the Isle of Palms. This is perpetual trouble spot on the ICW with depths as low as 4 feet in places. With 4 feet of tide on top of that we didn’t have any problems with the depth. It was the current that would just toss the boat to one side leaving us scrambling to straighten it out. This stretch had several inlets to the ocean that had big currents and as we passed each one we would have to do a little dance to get the boat back on track. 

    We are now in Charleston at this huge marina. When I asked about filling some jerry cans with fuel they said they would pick them up in a golf cart because fuel was at the opposite end of the marina. Driving a golf cart down the dock seems exciting. They call the dock the Mega dock and they have an even longer one under construction. It takes a half mile walk just to get to shore. Anyway I have spent time in Charleston before so it was fun to see some of the same places. Turns out not much has changed. We went to the big open air market and then out to dinner. There is a freeze warning out for tonight so we are hunkering down and wondering how much further south we have to go before it warms up. 

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