But early this morning, around 6:38 or so, we finally saw the beginning of the partial lunar eclipse - partial in our part of the US - before the moon dropped behind trees on the horizon.
The trees the moon hid behind are hidden behind these lovely shrimp boats. I do truly love this "creek" at McClellanville.
And this lovely, large boat was nose to nose with us last night. She left just ahead of us this morning but was going outside on a longer than we.
Ours was a chilly but beautiful 5 hours to Charleston. We were, again in SC "low country."
Long vistas of marsh grass and shimmering water.
Everybody was trying to catch some warming rays this morning, including these lines of gulls lined up on this dock. The white spots on the high rail and the white spots on the lower dock to the right. Hard to know how it was determined who got the high seats, roosts.
David sort of refused to turn over the helm today. True we did keep running to skinny water. And our past experience caused us to be really cautious where inlets or rivers came into the canal, stiff current. Last trip we ran aground but were not stuck. However, friends damaged their prop and shaft. So, I understand caution on his part. Still.....
So I found this cute little house along the way past Isle of Palms. There were, of course, other houses of note but this one on the point was about my size.
I was wicked nervous about crossing the Charleston sound/bay again. Both crossings o our last trip were really rough.
That is Charleston in the distance. Note the tiny waves. Barely waves at all. Maybe ripples. This crossing was amazingly calm.
Unfortunately our favorite place to land in Charleston, The Charleston Maritime Center, was damaged in the last two storms so were closed to boating traffic. And more unfortunately the place we are docked overnight is way above our pay grade. But here we are, plugged in and comfortable at the Charleston City Marina, with the very BIG boys and girls.
I sat out on the the aft deck as we were coming into the harbor and David was calibrating the compass again. I was bored and needed to get "out of the house." I felt sort of as if I'd been in a car for two days. Being out on deck was perfect. And when we finally docked and greeted people and got the lay of the land, er, marina, I sat on the fore deck and read my book. Warm enough in the sun and out of the wind to enjoy.
We've met some lovely people already, including Will and his wife (Halcyon or did she just found Halcyon Yarns in Bath?) from Bath and a couple from UT (?) but she lived in Portland ME for some years. And a young woman who will buddy with us tomorrow because she doesn't want to anchor alone - she is single-handing - though she has captained Towboat US vessels in Beaufort, NC among other places. I'm loving meeting all these younger women who are captains and experienced sailors. Women rule!
Beautiful full moon tonight, too!
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