Mother's Day In Charleston, SC

This morning we got an early start to the city. We docked the dinghy at the city marina and walked one block to meet the DASH Bus. We rode the bus around the city to the visitors center. From there we walked to the Fort Sumter Monument, where we boarded the ferry to Fort Sumter. In the picture of the fort you can see the ferry in the back ground. The entire trip lasted about two and one half hours. The ride out and back and the talk at the fort totaled about two hours. We would have liked more time to walk around the fort. They now allow you to take your personal boat out to the fort. We may anchor out and dinghy in for a longer stay next time.

The day started out sunny and quite warm but as you can see by the picture it got very over cast and threatening of thunderstorms. Before we left it started to sprinkle and just after we departed the boat at the mainland the skies opened up and down poured.

This was a shot across the inside of the complex. The original fort had two more stories but were fired upon during the Civil War and turned into rubble in the center and then eventually removed. I can't fathom living on the fort during the Civil War or any other time. The soldiers were isolated and captive for months while being fired upon. If your interested in more on the fort go to www.nps.gov/fosu

After the rain let up we walked to the Market area again and found a place to have lunch. We didn't stay in the city as long as on Friday. Of course the rain began to fall again on our dinghy ride back. We were pretty soaked by the time we arrived at the boat. It was just like taking a trip on the cycle we always get wet on the return trip. In fact we saw a large group of cycles while we were eating lunch. Bet they got pretty wet too.