Back in "The Ditch" Again... by Cindy

All dressed up in our Sunday best to go to Charleston's oldest church built in the 1600's,  the Captain realized we had the tides backwards and we needed to set sail immediately in order to clear the bridge just outside Charleston harbor.  Quick change into sailing gear and off we went, heading for the "ditch", better known as the ICW (intercoastal waterway).

Slightly bored, motoring along while the Skipper took his nap, I took some pics of how diverse the scenery along the ICW can be (at least in SC).  Half sunken boats in a junk heap lot, right next door a beautiful southern style mansion with 300' pier leading to a boathouse, sticking out over the grassy marshland.  Oh well, at least there are things to look at doing the ditch.  Being out in the middle of the Atlantic...not so much!  So, it's fun that way, but too many shallow spots and twists and turns to put the sails up, so you just have to listen to that motor all day.  Tough job, but somebody's gotta do it.

The view over our BBQ grill

Random home's along the ICW in SC...sure miss that clear blue water from the Bahamas! 

So we finally arrived at Georgetown, SC where we anchored around 9:30pm, so we couldn't really see what the town looked like since it was dark.  When I awoke this morning, quite a different view from our dock in Charleston Harbor!

Behind our boat...S Carolina's 3rd largest city, paper mill and all that goes with it! Phew!

To our left...

Georgetown looks better to our right, but no time to go ashore

 We're over half way to Myrtle Beach, where we'll take our flight to Tara's college graduation in Boca

 Raton, FL on May 3rd.  We should be there today (Monday).

Thanks, Marty Zolan, for getting us back on track with the blogging.  It's nice to know somebody's actually reading this thing!  We'll try to do better now that we're back in the USA!