ThursdayDec11

Thursday Dec. 11, 14

Thi

The stick is a mast in the anchorage we left

Our pelican

Dock we couldn't land on

s morning was another clear sunny morning Unfortunately, it was also 0degreesC. There was no ice on the deck because salt water has a lower freezing temperature than fresh water...it just gets slushy.

We left the anchorage at 8:45 and headed down the South Edisto River. We only went a couple of miles and turned down into a shortcut to the next river, the Ashepoo River. It was another river that is a wildlife refuge and has no accessible shoreline.  It’s hard to describe how beautiful the area is. The low country is covered with palmetto palms, which is why South Carolina is called Palmetto country.  The forestry service apparently burns off the low country every year to get rid of the build up of ground cover like palm fronds and grasses, to prevent major wildfires and that’s what we were watching yesterday.

Today we had a pelican stalking is for awhile. I think it was hoping we would stir up some fish as we sailed through the rivers. He gave up after about a mile because the dolphins were stirring up more fish than we were.

We traveled 30 miles today and arrived at the destination marina. It has a lot of amenities that we can use and some people who help fix things.  We have some work to do that we can complete here, and we can do some sight- seeing in this beautiful city. We have also been invited to stay [not for free] at the marina for a bonfire party on Saturday night.

Tonight we went for dinner at a place called the “Fillin’ Station” ... an old garage turned into a bar with a pool table, outside kitchen and the special tonight was green beans, corn, scalloped potatoes and two HUGE pork chops for $5.00. Unfortunately the pork chops were breaded, and the potatoes were from a box so I had to order an extra separate dinner with unbreaded chops and no potatoes.

Tonight we are going to bed early and tomorrow we will see how much we can get done. And then we can  PAR-TAY!