Charleston

Well we are once again in Charleston, one of our favorite cities. We are docked at the Maritime Center this year which is a terrific location for shopping, dining, and nightlife. Harris Teeter is about 3 blocks away and a liquor store and hardware store are next door. Tomorrow morning, Sunday, we plan to a Greek Bakery for brunch.

I have included a number of pictures and can't figure out how to properly integrate the text so here the captions:

Mi T Mo an unusual pleasure craft on the Cape Fear River. They were anchored near us in Wrightsville Beach. Yes that is a Honda CRV on the deck.

A Spritsail Skiff in the anchorage at Wrightsville Beach

A fine wood turning for a X-mas Tree ornament at the Charleston Sat. Market

Ashley Harwood artisan - We bought 6 cherry salad bowles

Carol Feeling Witchy

The Traumerei in her slip at the maritime center

Another day on the ICW

Today we left Mile Hammock at first light. A mistake since we had to wait 45 minutes for the Surf City bridge. Our fellow cruisers had this figured out pretty well as they joined us just as the bridge was about to open. We'll have to get back into the bridge schedule planning mode!

Here is a view of the cockpit and what we look at and through while driving. This year we have an air card for the computer, so we can surf the net, check emails, and update the blog while underway. It helps with the boredom of the ditch.

Heading South Again

Carol and I are taking our second boat trip to the Florida Keys. We are anchored in Mile Hammock Bay which is on the grounds of Camp Lejeune. It is a beautiful fall day and the south bound cruisers are pouring in. We have loose agenda of spending Thanksgiving in Vero Beach, Christmas in Marathon, and maybe Easter in the Abacos if the weather is favorable for a passage across the Gulfstream.

The newly improved Traumerei is performing well except for a couple of plumbing problems. Air leak in the washdown system and an air bubble in the engine cooling water loop to the water heater. Seems like we've seen these before so we should have resolved in a day or two.