OK it was cold - see your breath inside the boat cold. I
slept in all my clothes cold. We woke early and I lit the oven leaving it open
then put water on for coffee and hot chocolate. There was a rooster crowing on
shore, I am sure he was trying to get the sun up so he could get warm. The area
was filled with a rosy glow, mist drifting on to the water from
shore, the faint sounds of people starting their day. After eggs and bacon, we
got the engine started, pulled up anchor and started the short run (14 nm) to Beaufort. Timing is everything as
there is the Ladies Island Highway Bridge - a single pivot swing.
There are lots of shoals, and a swift current along with the fact that the
marina we wanted to stay at was right on the other side of the bridge. We
timed it just right, slipped through with another boat, and in a short time we
were tied to the dock, fueled and turned around so when we leave on Thursday
morning we can slip right out.
The city of Beaufort is within walking distance of our slip, our
friends Dotty and Has S/V Skye were up the road and they came down, we talked
over delicious ice cream. It actually is getting kind-of warm in the afternoon.
The icing on the cake was the porpoise swimming in our marina - yes I
heard them breath. I got a video of them in the river, but it is so
far away it is hard to see them. I have got to learn how to zoom.
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| soft rosy pre-dawn light |
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rooster crowing in back ground - mist just hovering around the
the shore |
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| sun - cloudless sky |
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| Ospey - in Marine Corp Air Station |
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waiting for Ladies Island Highway Bridge
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a large area of the ICW passes the Marine Crop Air station
there are these signs all along the way |
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| The nest - believe an Osprey - decorating a marker |
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