CharlestonP

We arrived at our slip in the Charleston Maritime Marina at 4pm, 10 hours after leaving Georgetown.
I described the harrowing trip out the Georgetown inlet in my previous post and it was much to rough to take any pictures...as I said before, it was all we could to to hold on and steer.
But Hayden did take some great pictures of Priority, one on the Waccamaw rive just before getting to Georgetown and a nice picture out on the ocean south of the inlet. Despite the waves, this was the calm part of the trip! To be honest, on this part of the trip out on the ocean, what with the gentle rocking, the hum of the engines and the sun warming the cockpit..I believe I fell asleep several times. Thank goodness for the autopilot!

This is Priority coming down the Waccamaw river, just above Georgetown

Priority on the high seas...

When we got into our slip, after hosing down the boat to wash off some of the salt (I promise I will wash the boat with soap and water one of these days), we gathered on Island Spirit to celebrate our arrival and the culmination of my single handing the boat from Baltimore to Charleston, including an ocean passage.

raising a glass of Champagne
clockwise from the left: me, Bob, Nina, Radeen, Hayden

The marina is small, with friendly, helpful staff and wonderful views of the Charleston Harbor

Tuesday morning we walked into town (one of the features of this marina is that it is a short walk to the center of Charleston), first stopping for breakfast at a favorite of Haydens (Caviar and Bananas) where they serve their version of bagel and lox (they wouldn't survive in Manhattan) and then down King street, a sort of Newbury street, with hints of Boyleston, and then into the 'Market", where they used to sell slaves, and now sell trinkets and artsy stuff you didn't know you needed

Entrance to the market

A view down the street from  the front of the market

Today I hope to see the Battery, perhaps take a carriage tour of Charleston, and perhaps a ferry over to tour Fort Sumter