Thursday, 10/29 - Beaufort, SC
The sunrise today was spectacular as it rose over the Lady's Island Bridge just in front of our marina in Beaufort. With 42 miles to travel today and another set of skinny places in the intracoastal, we needed to leave by 9:00 in order to have the tide in our favor throughout the day.
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| The view of the moon behind us at sunrise |
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| Our mooring at the Beaufort City Docks |
Beaufort to Savannah, GA
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| It was a beautiful day for our 42 mile trip |
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| Di even took the wheel for a while |
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| "Oh no, we're all in trouble!!" |
We had a number of dolphin encounters throughout the trip today. At one point, we had a pair who played under our bow for 20 minutes. Occasionally, the larger one would turn on his side to look at us!
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| Pelican island |
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The Savannah River had many of these "range lights" to help cargo ships navigate the many sharp turns.
When the 2 green lights in the middle of this picture are directly in line with each other, you are on the right course.
Notice that we aren't quite lined up. |
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| Carol & Stan getting lines & fenders ready for docking in Savannah |
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| This guy has seen better days! |
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| A whole line of tugs just outside Savannah |
Savannah, GA
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| Approaching our slip in the heart of the city on the Savannah River |
Our slip in Savannah turned out to be in a great location. We were within walking distance of all kinds of restaurants, shops, tours and beautiful downtown Savannah.
We were also in a place that was treated to a constant parade of ferries and massive cargo ships.
We later discovered that Savannah is the 3rd busiest cargo port in the US. Who woulda thunk??
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| At low tide, the gang plank was quite steep |
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Pre-Halloween trick or treat on the
waterfront. Fun. |
Once we passed through all of the scary little people, we found a delightful place to have dinner. We entered on the ground level at the river, went up 4 floors in an elevator and found ourselves at street level of the rest of the city. Interesting!
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| Watching a ship pass from the restaurant's 4th floor, street level balcony |
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Though a bit difficult to see, this hand drawn Civil War battle map was right behind us in the restaurant.
It was discovered hiding under the plaster in 1901 during building renovations. It was drawn by General Sherman's Union Army men while they were staying here in 1864 and showed his pillaging & buring route through Chattanooga & Atlanta. |
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| Amazing baked oysters & spicy crab beignets |
After dinner, we walked a few blocks to join one of the famous Savannah ghost tours. It was a 90 minute walking tour that turned out to be pretty hokey & boring. We left after an hour.
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| Our ghost hunting tour guide |
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Though our guide was animated, the
tour was pretty lame. Oh well. |
The sunrise today was spectacular as it rose over the Lady's Island Bridge just in front of our marina in Beaufort. With 42 miles to travel today and another set of skinny places in the intracoastal, we needed to leave by 9:00 in order to have the tide in our favor throughout the day.
