Charleston

     Back in Charleston. Again.

     We like Charleston but the City Marina is getting less and less friendly. Wanting $5 a day for dinghy access. Threatening to tow away unregistered dinks. We will see if they tow us. Because of this we go into town less. Spend less money, too. On the other hand we have already done most of the tourist stuff over the last few years so it's not a big deal. If they knew we were sneaking into the marina showers they would be upset also.

     We have been here a week already and have two weeks to go. They weather has been terrific but, of course, it's scheduled to turn bad tomorrow. Carol leaves for somewhere on Sunday. I can never remember where she's going until she actually leaves.

     A big event for us is coming up... turning the clocks back one hour. Why is that a bigger deal for us than you? We are up with or before sunrise and in bed shortly after sunset. When we get back underway it means we leave earlier and must be anchored earlier, too. We like the first part but worry a bit about the second part. Running out of daylight on the ICW can be a problem. For some reason there are no highway lights.

We will not know if we get a weather window to go offshore from here or have to take the ICW south. Florida is one day away if we go offshore. Closer to one week away if we stay in the ditch.

How about some photos taken up to now?