We keep saying we're going to skip Charleston every yearly roundabout but then it seems that Charleston is perfectly placed in between Fernandina, FL and either Cape Fear or Beaufort, NC. So it was a predictable 30 hour run replete with dolphin, jellyfish, lots of birds, and even a mosquito that found us at 25 miles out and a bumblebee that was attracted to us at 18 miles out. The half-moon at 3am was blood-red when it rose and for a while before actually breaking the horizon, the red-white reflection on the sea could be seen...it was spooky. We made our way to Charleston and found a nice spot to drop the hook and promptly sat out two days of 20-30kt winds.
April has been a very ship-bound month for us...between days underway and inclement weather (excessive wind and or rain) we spent 18 of 30 days onboard. That is a record for us...so it is good to be in Charleston and be able to stretch our legs. We've not been to a real grocery (Fred's doesn't count) since the 7th though we have picked up bread and milk on occasion (Nido is just as good and much cheaper than milk so we'll go with that quite often) so it will be a treat to go to Winn Dixie or oh, my Harris Teeter and see what the 'other side' eats (although last year we found a $3 documentary dvd on R. Crumb and it is still one of the best movies we've seen other than the $1 'Made in America' with Jeff Bridges, if you've never seen it, track it down and prepare for bizarre.)
We're going to sit out a couple of days here and enjoy the scenery before making the push to Beaufort, NC & on north. The honeysuckle is in bloom and the city is so fragrant, it is unbelievable. I cannot describe it without making it sound like something out of a Cindarela Barbie story and I'm not about to write that sort of blog, let's leave it with the phrase of 'the smell of the honeysuckle is resplendent'
Thanks to Greg on Argonauta, we've been making Salmon Pea Wiggle on a regular basis, he introduced us to this food Here in Charleston we ran into Gary & Cheryl on Cerridwen who we met and made friends with in Annapolis.
Soon we'll be in NC...but not too soon, it's supposed to get into the 40's here in SC tonight so no hurry to head too far north too quick.
Th-th-that's all folks... | 
