Thursday 15th November, 2012
What wotten weather the Wover has been
having the last two days!! It has been colder than normal (low 50s),
windy and rainy so the journey has gone slowly but w/o problems.
Because of the weather all our paper towels in the upper cabin got
wet. So, Gary hung them up to dry. No-one can say the Johneys are
spendthrifts. In fact you might say we are cheap, I mean frugal. Gary
says it's 'cos we are retired!! He will have me washing out the toilet paper next!!!!
We spent the night just outside of
Charleston, SC in a creek called Swinton. We had strong winds and a
heavy current requiring us to put out two anchors, the usual one at
the front of the boat and a second one at the back of the boat.
Throughout the night you could hear the waves slapping against the
boat. When we woke in the morning we had been pushed into the marshes
at the side of the creek . Luckily, we were still in deep water and
had no problem getting the boat back into the main stream due to
leaving at high tide.
We have passed through Charleston
Harbour where we saw an aircraft carrier turned into a museum. Gary
is threatening to stay there on the way home. I am telling him we
have not got time as he takes ages to go through museums. Me, I read
fast and get through quickly. Dear Gary reads all the small print and
finishes hours after me. Maybe there will be some gardens nearby that
I can visit
We also passed a couple (Linda, that is
two!!!) of dolphins. Unfortunately, they spent most of the time
barely surfacing above the water so, in fact they looked like sharks,
maybe they were!!!!! Gary dodged a couple of dolphins in the harbour
thinking they were logs.
Again, we have passed some lovely homes
on the banks of the waterway. We saw that they had to have very long
peers due to the marshes at the side of the waterway. Boats were
lifted out of the water by at least 5 feet due to the exceptionally
high tides they experience.
The journey is proving to be quite
relaxing. If the waves subside a little more I am going to attempt to
write my Christmas Cards. David, I think you would enjoy this. We
miss you and wish you were here.
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