Trip Day: 25 Latitude: 32°42.63' N Locks Today: 0
Miles Today: 49 Longitude: 080°10.30' W Locks Total: 6
Total Miles: 726 Location: North Edisto River, SC
Departure time this morning was set by The Ladies Island Swing Bridge. She was closed to boat traffic from 7:00—9:00 am, so we said farewell to Beaufort and were in the channel ready for the 9 a.m. opening. Ron called Charleston for reservations at Charleston Maritime Center—we were lucky to reserve the last transient slip!
We never saw the Marine Corp Air Station, but we certainly heard the jets as they
maneuvered overhead.
This was an easy day of travel on rivers such as The Ashepoo River, the Coosaw River, and South and North Edisto River. The larger rivers were winding and pleasant; and in places we connected to rivers via man-made cuts. We only saw five boats in our eight hours of travel today—just a lazy day!
It’s obvious this is still a commercial area with channel depths to handle large vessels. This tug was one of several large ships in this ship yard.
We dropped anchor at 5:00 p.m. in Church Creek off the main river. Pot roast with onions, potatoes and carrots for dinner this evening. Tomorrow morning we will head for Charleston with a target time of 2:00 p.m. arrival which will be slack current conditions.
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