I’m up at 5:30 every day getting ready for the days travel. Trying to squeeze in as close to 10 hours of travel a day is the goal for everyday. At 8 knots my absolute best day will only have ten hours of daylight…..that eighty miles. Period. After 10 hours it’s too dark to travel. There are numerous no wake zones (which are not charted by the way) and bridges that need to open for us to pass. The bridges can be a serious factor on the amount of distance you can make each day. Some are closed for rush hour traffic daily. Others only open on the hour and half hour, and some only open on the hour. If you don’t coordinate the bridges with your trip everyday it can cost you 1 to 2 hours of travel.
Every evening we sit and pour over charts, weather sites, and available facilities and try to decide where to next. Last night we decide to make Isle of Palms SC.
Several hours…again on the Waccamaw River. Desolate, spooky and reminded me of scenes from the movie Deliverance. The forecasted showers came and went but did not interfere with visibility too much. The currents worked for us in places and against us in others.
Susan was lucky enough to catch some dolphins playing along side us.
4:30ish we pulled into Isle of Palm Marina. Place was crowded so we got space at the fuel dock. Can’t find a pic right now but will add one. Nice facility, great restaurant and bar on premises and decent shore facilities.
Tied up the boat and headed for the bar to take advantage of happy hour pricing…….you could have guessed it by now.