26 January

Sunrise over the South Santee River. Sunrise to some folks, 'specially those over 45, like me, is important; kinda like reveille, ya know. Gives hope that the day will be good, we'll get thru it in good form, and, gee, isn't that sunset gorgeous: what a way to end another lovely day! What you don't see here is that this particular sunrise was accompanied by lots of gunfire; yup, last day of duck season here; boy, were they trying hard.

Anyway, Scooter's crew was up, ate a great breakfast; refried shrimp, rice, and eggs with bacon and a beverage of choice. Chuckie, I gotta tell ya; life can be good, reeally good! So, off to see if we could slide by the McClelanville shallows to Dewees Creek. Tried it, did it and got there. No issues, either mental or mechanical. This is a very pretty stretch of the ICW; not much development at all, mainly 'cause there are several National wildlife preserves that the waterway runs thru. 'Course it is also not fun to build in swamp land. Remember the Swamp Fox, well, the Francis Marion National forest runs along this area, as well as the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge. As to wildlife sightings: dolphins, an eagle or two, river otters, wild pig, pelicans. Keeps us pretty busy with the " Oh, didja see that" "No, what was it?"

We are currently anchored between Big Hill Island, and Dewees Island, about 15 miles from Charleston, SC, scheduled to dock in the Charleston Maritime Center tomorrow. This is close to downtown Charleston which will be handy for walking to shopping, etc. Issue is, it is not a boater friendly marina, due to lots of stiff tidal currents. Plan is to time our arrival for slack tide; that time between tidal change; high to low, etc. water is not moving in either direction, so the boat stays about where you want it to.

Depending on the weather, we'll probably be in Charleston thru Tuesday, then underway again on Wednesday. rather run in the sunshine than the rain.
Stay safe, enjoy the better winter days, smile and look forward to Spring. Catch you on the flip side.