And Back to the Chesapeake – Day 17

Welcome back dear readers, all two of you.  I’ve been off the grid for a few days while we anchored out in some more remote locations.  Today we are anchored about 10 miles north of Charleston, somewhat remote, but my WiFi extender was able to pick up a hotspot, so I’m back on.

We left Beaufort this morning, by the time we got the anchor up and underway it was about 8:30.  Not the earliest, but heck, it was still cold.  We woke to 35 degree temps, not as bad as yesterday, but still cold.  Especially when you have no heat overnight.  I was the same routine as the night before, sweats and double blankets.  Slept ok, and was warm enough.  It feels like when I was in the Boy Scouts and we went camping in the winter in the Poconos. Back then, we put our outer clothes in the sleeping bag with us to keep them warm.

When Rick went out to begin pulling the anchor he slipped a little, the overnight dew had frozen on the deck so it was a little slippery until the sun hit it.  At least it wasn’t windy like yesterday.  Yesterday Rick’s clothes and shoes got wet from the washdown water because the wind was blowing so hard it blew back on him.  One of his jobs is to wash the mud off the anchor and anchor chain as it comes up.  Today was much better than yesterday in that department.  Actually it was flat calm, the water was like glass early on with little or no wind.  Yay, finally!

The trip today was pretty uneventful, there was favorable current pushing us along for most of the trip and we made pretty good time.  There were the usual places where you had to be careful of shoaling and lack of depth, particularly since I don’t have my “get home track” we had to figure out how to navigate these trouble spots.  Speaking of trouble spots, tomorrow we pass through an area called McClellanville S.C.  It is a known trouble spot with numerous shallows, and to add to that the crabbers are out and in this area they drop crab pots everywhere, in the channel and on the sides.  You really have to be careful not to pick one up in your prop.

When we were in Titusville, Connie and Gordon took us to Aldi’s grocery store.  I had never been to one.  While there we picked up a pork roast.  I had never been to Aldi’s before, and many of the items they have are maybe not brands you recognize, but let me tell you, everything we got is very good.  I have no complaints, and it seemed much less expensive than Publix or another major grocery store.

Well, last night we took it out of the freezer to thaw overnight.  During the day today I put it in the crockpot with some potatoes and carrots.  It cooked all afternoon and by the time we got anchored tonight it was thoroughly cooked.  That was dinner, and it was good.  There are some leftovers, but that’s ok.

Tomorrow it is on to Georgetown S.C. about a 55 mile run.  After two 85 mile days, tomorrow should be a piece of cake.  But we will see.

Today we traveled 83.8 miles for a total of 709.2 miles.  Travel time was 10hrs. 17mins.

So boys and girls, until tomorrow…..

P.S. Hi Tyler