Dream Catchers Dream

We have been having fun on the water.  Spent an extra day in Beaufort, S.C. because of heavy rains and thunder storms.  Nice little town.  The marina had a courtesy car so was able to go to the grocery store.  Met the captain of a 90 foot mega yacht.  He told me that he gets a little nervous in these waters because it can get very shallow.  The boat he captains draws 7 feet.  (We draw 4)  That means there is 4 feet of the boat that is below the water line.  If all we have is 4 feet of water beneath us then we are probably scraping the bottom.
Then we went on to Bohicket marina.  We went 9 miles off the icw to get there.  It was nice but expensive and hardly any people around.  Probably won't go back.  Not worth the extra travel.
Today we just got here to Isle of Palms marina.  Seems very nice but we are anxious to get north and away from these expensive marinas.  We crossed Port of Charleston this morning.  We were prepared for it to be very busy and rough but it was not.  It was windy and wavy but not much boat traffic.  We were hoping to spend a night there but could not get into the marina we wanted to.  Everything is expensive here too.  May try to hit it on the way back down in the fall.  At least see some of the sites.  Would like to tour the US Yorktown which is a retired aircraft carrier I believe.  It is docked in the harbor.
All is well for us despite the shallow spots today.  We are watching the weather again.  Would like to move on to Georgetown tomorrow.  Depends on the storms all around us.  Anxious to get into North Carolina.

Sunset last night.

Downtown Charleston. 

That is the US Yorktown sticking up in the middle of the picture.