Down the road.....

Sunrise in Port Royal; Picture is of the bridge leading to Parris Island. An amazing place in so many ways. So, today started off well; Cool temps, gentle breezes, slack tide ( no current either way, Chuckie). Brilliant blue sky. Scooter and crew; most of it anyway; anti-rodent control officer always goes off duty at engine start; neatly slipped the lines and eased away from the dock. Rode with the current down the Beaufort River; then battled it in Port Royal Sound; averaged out pretty well tho', 48 nm in just 5.2 hrs; impressive, eh!
Thought we might work on our tans by operating from the bridge for a bit. Foolish thought, that; soon as we turned into Port Royal Sound, the wind picked up and got cold. Back to the lower station. Tan will have to wait. Picked our way thru some skinny water spots ( as in shallow); cruised by Hilton Head Island; amazing what some of those yachets look like. But, ya know, they all float the same; some take work, or work and bits of money, some just swallow gobs of it to keep going.

Eventually got to the Causton Bluff draw bridge, the only opening draw for south bound boats in Georgia( space filling info, useless in real life). Jammed with cranes, barges,etc. Bridge etiquette is odd sometimes; generally boats travelling with the current go thru first, unless there is commercial, someone more important, or emergency traffic waiting. Be that as it may, a small tug came thru first, taking a great deal of the channel to do so. You either moves over, or gets "rund" over in these parts; we squeezed over as far as we could; maybe too far; time will tell. Could have been wave slap.

Anyway, thru the bridge and into the Herb River, actually went by it, didn't like it's looks and went elsewhere to find a place to anchor. Then, came back, dropped the good 'ol Bruce, and settled in for a beer and some Scooter gumbo. Started well, ended well. Hard to beat!

A brief word on the tides here; 8-9' is fairly normal, wind can change that as well. The steps shown will be just slightly below level in am tomorrow. So, you anchor in 16' of water, tide goes out, now you're sitting in 8', and have only 4' under the boat. (assuming a 4' draft). Makes these waters an interesting challenge. Tomorrow we're off to; don't know yet, but we'll keep you posted. Catch you on the flip side