We're in the Low Country now, November, 12, 2012

We left Myrtle Beach with the folks from Heritage and Chances and had a great ride to Minim Creek, which was a lovely peaceful anchorage. The weather has been steadily warming up and it is feeling more like we are down south. The scenery has been changing and we were seeing Spanish moss hanging from the trees on our way down.












We also have been seeing more dolphins, although it is difficult to capture them on camera.







We made it to Charleston late in the day on Saturday and tied up in the Harborage on the Ashley River.



We celebrated George's birthday with a delicious dinner at Fleet Landing restaurant. We walked back to the marina checking out the shops on King Street. We enjoyed carrot cake on Heritage when we got back.




The next day, we connected with Dan's cousin Abbi and her husband, David. They took us to the Middleton Place, an old plantation, which is a National Historic Landmark. The grounds were lovely, with huge trees and flowering bushes. There were demonstrations of ways people lived self-sufficiently, such as pottery, blacksmithing, and cooking. We have been hearing that we are in gator country now and we saw our first alligators here on the shore of the river. We had some good southern cooking at the restaurant, where we learned that macaroni and cheese is considered a vegetable here. Abbi and David were also kind enough to take us to the local Sam's Club, which cruisers know is almost considered a luxury.






The Middleton Plantation was burned by Sherman's army during his "March to the Sea." This stature, "Wood Nymph," survived.







Abbi and David.

Today we had a nice ride in warm weather to an anchorage at Toogoodoo Creek, another quiet anchorage in a marsh. Tomorrow we head for Beaufort.


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Location:Charleston, SC