Wednesday, October 30, 2013

20 miles north of Charleston, SC 

 

Us leaving this morning

Gary is passing a shrimp boat behind us

Very eerie out there and very STUPID!!

At one point Bob pulled out of the channel and just

sat because he couldn't see anything....

Gary behind us....you can't even see

the shrimp boat at this point....and the whole

time he was behind him

What is this?

Finally the sun starting to come up!

You can finally see the fog starting to lift

Getting better !

Wow!  What a couple of hours mean!

See the two bald eagles at the top of the tree?

There is one to the right of the one

that is obvious...in the middle of the

picture



 

This is a different guy!

 

Me fishing....or at least trying!

 

This blackbird just decided to land and motor

down the ICW for a while....

Abandoned house we saw last year :0(

Gary & Bob watching for dolphin!

There's one !  See it !!

Come on, I blew the photo up

just so you could see it!!

There is another dolphin to the right

of Gary & Jayne's boat....I don't even see it myself

at this point, but I know it's there!!

Another abandoned house literally in the water

Gary & Jayne are thinking about buying it!! :0)

Our anchorage spot for the night

 



Bob still enjoying the early evening hours (and the

mosquitos) before retiring for the night!

 

Needless to say it was a little hairy leaving this morning.  Of course when you actually leave your anchorage site, unless you are out in the middle of the water, you don't realize how foggy it is until you're out in it!  At one point we could hear people talking but had no idea where they were.  We think there was another boat ahead of us??  We ended up using the fog horn a couple of times just to let people know we were around. 

 

Once the fog cleared it turned out to be a beautiful day!   We saw several bald eagles (3, I think) traveling the ICW this morning.  We are stopping at one of my favorite spots on the ICW which is about 18 miles N of Charleston.   At this anchorage, we are nestled in cut outs of sea grass, but we can see 5 miles in all directions.  This place was littered with dolphin last year....this year...not so much.  But Gary & Jayne spoke with the motor yacht people behind them and they said they were coming out around 10 a.m. so we will be staying in the morning.  In fact, Bob and I are spending another day here while Gary & Jayne go into Charleston tomorrow.  We are really hoping to play with dolphins tomorrow!

 

I did pull Bill's (MRYC) fishing rod out today, using Derek's (Riverwatch) bait and my new fishing line to lure some fish onto the rod.  Didn't work.  No fish fry tonight!