October 19, 2016
Length of Trip: 17 days Nautical Miles Traveled: 230 Hours of Cruising: 20 hours Longest Cruising Day: 5.5 hours, 60 NM, Myrtle Beach, SC - Georgetown, SC Pleasant Surprise: No damage from the hurricane! Biggest Disappointment: American Airlines (Delta definitely superior as all the awful airlines go) Favorite Destination: Charleston, SC Favorite Activity: Historic tours by horse-drawn carriages & the roof top bars! Favorite Meal: Magnolia's, Charleston, SC
October 18, 2016
After our respective workouts (some walked on the Riverwalk, some worked out in the hotel's workout facility), we met up to make our way to Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House to get in line early so we could experience their famous family style lunch. People begin lining up at 10:00 for the 11:00 opening. We were there buy 10:20 so we were seated pretty quickly after they opened the doors. The restaurant is quite unique in that it is composed of several large tables seating 10-12 and you sit with...
October 17, 2016
Today began with a walk around Savannah where we stopped in at the beautiful Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. Construction was begun in 1873 and was completed with the addition of the spires in 1896. The interior stained glass and intricate architecture are really beautiful. We then toured the Owens Thomas House, North America's preeminent example of periiod English Regency architecture. We also visited ForsythPark as well as the Georgia State Railroad Museum. We walked down River Street...
October 16, 2016
We took a very hot and dirty cab (no Ubers in Beaufort) the hour drive to Savannah. After checking into our hotel, The Bohemian, we grabbed a quick lunch on their rooftop restaurant overlooking the Savannah River. We then started our Savannah sightseeing with a Segway tour where we visited many of the 22 squares that intersperse the city and provide little green oases amid all the businesses and historic houses. The squares are surrounded by some beautiful churches, homes, museums and are all...
October 15, 2016
We began our morning with a brisk walk through the historic homes of Beaufort followed by a horsedrawn carriage ride providing lots of historical context for what we had seen and then finally a bike ride along the Spanish Moss Traill. The Spanish Moss Trail is a 13 mile paved multi-use path between the cities of Beaufort and Port Royale, SC. We rode until we could ride no more due to a huge downed tree blocking our path (but almost at the end of the trail). Beaufort, SC (pronounced BEW-fort) is...
October 14, 2016
We were up early for our cruise to Beaufort, SC. The weather was perfect once again and the cruise very nice. There were a couple of areas in the Intercoastal Waterway that had shoaling sands so we had to go ever so slowly at the various trouble spots and at one point even thougt we may have touched bottom just a little with a momentary stall and what felt like a little rocking motion, but John turned the boat a little and we slowly puttered on with no damage. Upon arrival in Beaufort, while...
October 13, 2016
We were up early to pack the most we could into our one full day in Charleston. We decided to try to get lots of walking in, so walked an hour beforehand around the incredibly beautiful historic district and it's good we did, because when we arrived at the tour meeting place, the guide informed us that even though he told us he had room in the tour for four, between the time he told me that and the hour later that I got my credit card info to him via email, he had already sold the spots! So...
October 12, 2016
Our cruise to Charleston, SC took us through beautiful marshes with almost no other boats or houses. To me it looked like the Serengeti - while I have never been there, I thought that based on photos and films I have seen. During my visual hunt for alligators I saw a small dolphin and decided to also turn my lookout into one for dolphins. No alligator sightings but did see more tiny dolphins and lots of birds - all in all a really peaceful and pretty cruise. The state tree of South Carolina is...
October 11, 2016
We were up at crack of dawn to set off for Georgetown, SC not knowing how long it would take us to get there given the aftermath of the storm. The weather was cool, clear and sunny and the cruising was smooth and lovely. There was some hurricane damage and high water reaching over fences and covering docks as well as lots of branches and a few trees down. Fortunately the debris we had heard could be floating around and dangerous for a boat was not an issue. When we arrived in the cute port at...
October 10, 2016
We headed out early to reunite with the boat. There was no traffic so the 5 hour drive was easy. We found the boat exactly as we left it with only one minor issue where the lid for the sun shade had blown open causing a few screws to pull out which John repaired later in the day. We were very fortunate the boat weathered the storm as it did allowing us to resume our trip as planned, though delayed by five days. John Ubered to the hardware store for some parts for a few projects on his list...