Travels of Geo Nova

Nov.6 th Charleston, SC Plan B!

We left Beaufort Saturday at 4:30 am with light NW winds so we had to motor sail. We had winds anywhere from 8-25 knots, which meant motor sailing. We got to the way point off the Frying Pan Shoals earlier than expected, time to choose where to go, arrive at Georgetown in the dark or make for Charleston and deal with winds on the nose for 5 hours but be further south.

On Saturday night we had a beautiful sun set. Watching the sunset over the ocean one always looks for the “green flash”, it was the second one I’ve ever seen, it was spectacular.

We arrived in Charleston and went to the City Marina for fuel and tied up at a dock by about 10 am Sunday. We spent the afternoon getting the boat cleaned up; David worked outside while I took care of the inside. With laundry loaded up we got that going and took showers. Finally with all of the work done it was time for dinner, take out pizza. We asked at the dock house and got a local place that delivered to the marina. Needless to say it was great to have a meal and relax. We were pooped.

Yesterday we took the courtesy van into down town; they dropped us off right at the Slave Market. We took a carriage ride for an hour tour around the down town area. We asked the driver if there was anywhere that had great beer and found out that if we wanted to walk about a ½ mile there was one. We were off! It was near Charleston City Collage so lots of local flavor. After a brew and some appetizers we were off to the Charleston Museum. What a wonderful place. My favorite was a naturalist display. We didn’t have enough time to see everything because we had dinner reservations. We walked to the restaurant, Poogans Porch and still need time to walk off lunch so we checked in and asked to move our time up. We walked down the street and discovered some wonderful galleries. In one the artist was working but took the time to explain his technique. Back to the restaurant, which specialized in low country food, after a wonderful meal we called for the van and the trip back to the marina.

Today it’s raining so at 11:00 we will take the van trip to the shopping center that has a grocery store and West Marine!

We have checked weather and it looks like tomorrow will be the day to take off. After the North East storm blows by, as long as we don’t go more than about 20 miles off shore, we should have NW winds under 20kts. Our destination we hope this time is St. Mary’s Inlet at the Georgia Florida boarder.