May 18th thru May 20th

May 18, 2011, Wed.

We did about 67 miles to Charleston. We couldn’t get into Charleston City Marina, but got slips at the Ashley Marina, which turned out to be pretty nice. We stayed in Charleston Thursday. The marina had an on demand shuttle into town and also did runs to West Marine at 2:00 pm. We went into town in the morning and walked the market, then took a carriage ride tour, another of my favorite towns. We had lunch at Magnolia’s on East Bay. Rick & Tina went back to the boat after lunch and Fred, Ginny, Bob and I walked past Rainbow Row and along the Battery. When we got back to the boat Richard and Liz Daniels (previous owners of Jany K, then called Sappho) stopped by. We had a very nice visit. It was great hearing  Richard’s stories of the Great Loop and experiences with Jany K aka Sappho. Fred, Ginny, Rick and Tina also came over, another fun night. Looking forward to getting together with Richard and Liz on our return trip south.

May 20, 2011 Fri.

We left Ashley Marina, Charleston around 8:00 am. It was hot and mostly cloudy. We got into Georgetown Landing Marina around 4:00. We all needed fuel and their price was $3.74 a gallon, which is hard to believe, but one of the cheapest we’ve seen. We arrived on empty, we now know not to trust the gauges, we took 220 gallons and hold 250 and we also left empty, empty pockets that is! Hahaha!! Bob made goulash  and we had dinner on Jany K for everyone.  Another nice evening.