Visiting with Friends in Isle of Palms!

We held off leaving Georgetown yesterday morning until 8:00. We were trying to plan for a rising tide through McClellanville. There are several little inlets and lots of shoaling in this area. South Carolina hasn't dredged through here in years and it was much worse than our last trip through. We saw depth readings of one to one and a half feet under our five foot keel. We would have never made it through that area at low tide. Thankfully we didn't go aground or even bump. 

The entire day was a bit stressful. About an hour on the helm was all either of us could take, so we took shifts of an hour on and an hour off. 

Going out to the ocean at Georgetown wasn't a good choice either the direction of the winds and waves would have been on our nose. We decided to take our chances on the ICW. 

We were both exhausted by the time we reached our friends dock at Isle of Palms.

Phil met us at the dock and helped with our lines. When we got settled Phil took us by golf cart the short ride to his house. We had a very lovely evening catching up on what has happened in all our lives since we last saw each other in Marathon Fl. 

We pooled our resources and had a great dinner. When we got back to the boat it was after 11:00, the latest Larry and I have been up in along while. 

Here are some pictures from the day. 

At the entrance to the canal the ferry has been replaced with this floating swing bridge. We are not quite sure how it works but it looked neat. 

We had so much winds coming at us 10-15 knots, even the seagulls weren't taking flight. They were lined up on the long piers taking a rest. 

These are our friends Diane and Phil. We had a great evening together. 

Our plan is to stay here until Tuesday morning so Larry can do some work that requires sitting still and I will do laundry and some provisioning. I'm also enjoying relaxing in the morning and not getting up and taking off at sunrise.