And Back to the Chesapeake – Day 16

Last evening we anchored in Wahlberg Creek, just off of St. Catherine’s Sound.  The weather service had issued hard freeze warnings, meaning it was going to be cold.  By bed time it - was – cold!  With no overnight heat, I went to bed wearing sweatpants, a t-shirt, and had on the bed a bedspread and blanket that was folded over to double it on my side of the bed, acting like two blankets.  Once I was in and covered up, it warmed up nicely, and I must admit, I was quite toasty all night.  But, when I woke up at 6:45 this morning, the temperature outside was 29 degrees, and I’m sure it wasn’t much warmer inside.  Talk about feet on a cold floor.  I turned on the generator, switched on all the heaters and things warmed up quickly.  I left everything running as is for the first hour while underway, and once the sun started to warm up the inside of the boat everything was shut off and we motored on.

Our goal today was to reach May River, off of Hilton Head Island and anchor for the night.  We reached that destination about 4:30 in the afternoon, and with several hours of daylight left we decided to try for Beaufort.  That way we can be in Charleston tomorrow.  So on we went.  We are now anchored in an anchorage outside Beaufort, reaching the anchorage about 6:30.  Just in time for dinner.  They are still talking about freeze warnings here tonight, I don’t think it will get that cold, but it will still be quite cold anyway.

Today was pretty uneventful from a travel standpoint, the wind was still present, but not nearly as strong or gusty as it had been the last several days.  Tomorrow should be quite nice to travel, cool, but not overly windy.  The weather people had been calling for the weekend here to be quite windy and rainy, but the last time I looked, the forecast had changed for the better.  So it appears we have a good shot at making Myrtle Beach by Sunday or Monday.  Once there, Rick will depart to go play golf and I will hang out and wait for Jan to join me for a week or so while we continue the trip northward.

Today we traveled 84.8 miles for a total of 625.4 miles total.  Travel time was 10hrs. 32 mins.

Tomorrow will probably be close to the same, 10+ hours.

Until tomorrow then….

P.S. Hi Tyler