At Anchor in Beaufort, SC

We left Beaufort, SC this morning around 6:30. We needed to get though the Ladies Island Bridge before they closed to boat traffic at 7 AM, during rush hour car traffic. you can see by the picture of Interlude and the bridge that it was foggy. In fact just before we weighed anchor we could not even see Interlude and he was next to us. Fog is not a good thing on the water or land.

As the morning progressed the fog lifted and gave way to sun shine mixed with clouds. With the sun came the bugs, horse flies and some kind of small black bug. We don't know what kind it was and it didn't bite but it smelled if you squashed it. The horse flies on the other hand could and would bite if given the chance.

The night before last we did make it to Isle of Hope Marina. We arrived in the pouring rain. I opted to not do laundry. Schlepping it to and from the boat in the rain was a good reason. We have plenty of clothes and sheets and towels to get us though till the next available laundry but it will take considerable time for the chore.

It's now 4 PM in the afternoon and we are sitting comfortably at anchor in the Stono River just below Charleston, SC just off the ICW. Interlude is still with us but tomorrow we will part when we go onto Georgetown, SC and they stay in Charleston for two more days. It's been fun to see them again and I'm sure we will meet up in the Chesapeake this coming Summer.