Wed: Surprise free boating ? ?

This morning, as my Dad would say, we were up at the crack of dawn. Left Charleston before the sun came up. We are pushing another 70+ mile day to get from Charleston to Port Royal, SC.  When the sun did come up it was another beauty.

There is nothing like the sun over blue water greeting you with warm shades of red, orange & yellow either at the beginning or the end of a long day.

 Our travels today gave us less swamp and rural living and more commercial and urban living.

Even the rivers had actual current in them and you could see and feel the tidal influence in them.

Not to mention the $ in the houses and developments with docks, lifts and golf courses right on the ICW.

We did get a little surprise along the way.  In addition to the many birds we have continued to see bottlenose dolphins and for the first time a deer (actually two different ones) swimming across the ICW.








Because we pushed off so early this morning we actually got to our destination before the sun had set a second surprise for us.  For proof here are pictures of Port Royal, SC with the sun still UP.

A tip of the hat from Captain John

Port Royal Landing marina

Spanish Moss in the trees

Two more surprises for the day and I will sign off.  First next time you see Bob ask him what if felt like to actually pass another boater in the ICW. 

And secondly for those who missed Alex's contribution to the open ocean blog here he is once again piloting the MV Arrluk with brother Matt looking on.

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