Charleston, SC

We had three great days here in Charleston.  We docked at the at the City Marina which is very conveniently located close to downtown and the old City.  The marina is first class and has won awards. Great docks, which are large, wide, stable, clean and plentiful showers, laundry, free wifi, free coffee, newspaper delivered to the boat each morning, free  hourly shuttle. We are on the Megadock which  is a marvel piece on engineering...the dock is a floating concrete dock about a quarter mile long, 20 feet wide  and moves up and down the pylons with the tides which are around 3+/- feet here. There are little stone pads attached to around each of the pylons to scrape the barnacles off and keep the docks free floating.  

There are many mega yachts here which are fun to look at. 

The first night here we went to the Coast Restaurant with Deb & John from Java and had a great seafood feast with a nice wine John picked from Austria (his ancestry). 


The next day we went on a horse and buggy ride and had a very knowledeable guided tour of the old section of Charleston. Houses date back to the late 1600's and early 1700'  Charleston has a rich history for the US during the revolution and later slavery and the Civil War.

That night six of us went to a low country (read soul food) restaurant.  The food was also great - this is a foodie town.  Our final night here, we hosted  a pot luck dinner aboard Tango and had 8 guests.  It was cozy and fun...everyone appreciated it as it was a chance to say our goodbuys for now.  Nora and One White tree are taking the outside route for a 40 hour sail to Cape Canaveral.  Java is staying another 2 days to tour some plantations and we are taking off down the ICW towards Beaufort SC.