We had a great last night in Charleston and hit a number of fine happy hours. The best was probably the Fleet Landing Restaurant. It is an old converted Navy facility that has the most unusual hush puppies I've ever had....they were the size of a baseball and stuffed with seafood! Drinks were the right price too.

The next morning we left the Maritime Marina on a slack tide and escaped unscathed. With big fancy boats behind us, we were glad to avoid any embarrassing crash-like maneuvers. We had a good day of motoring in light winds and dropped the hook in the South Edisto River around 4:00 in the afternoon. We don't like to stop too much later than that as it starts getting dark so early these days. Naturally as soon as we anchored the wind picked up, from an unpredicted direction. Between the wind and opposing current, we had a rather bumpy ride until the tide change. However, the anchor held so it was a good night.

Murphy had to do another appearance as Swamp Fox and both boys came back to the boat a bit muddy. Poor Murph had to be hosed off in the evening and the morning. Those who know Murph, know how much he hates the evil hose. He was offered the deck as an alternative but as usual he turned his nose up at it. He hasn't finished the book yet and Mom didn't feel like donating more dirty socks to the cause. This anchorage rates a C- as far as dog-friendly.

The picture shows a wall of steel, i.e. car carrier, going by the Charleston Marina. Notice the dwarfed aircraft carrier in the background.