Charleston Monday

Monday

Sunday night we were late finding a marina, at the beginning of the day finding somewhere to stay looked easy, lots of anchorages and marinas. However all the anchorages were very exposed and didn't look suitable as the forcaste was not good. Marinas were full! At the last moment before the sun faded we found a marina with space. Not the best we have stayed in but welcome.

  So Monday morning we depart for Charleston Habour Marina, just an hour away.

 This marina is also a resort with hotels etc, we borrow a couple of bikes from the hotel to do our shopping . It's tricky crossing six lanes of traffic on a bike but we make it back safely. Off to Charleston on free bus, charleston has lots of old rather grand houses, quite European , in places you would guess you were in London , Paris or Madrid not USA. Had a great meal , ate shrimp and grits. Was surprised to find out that grits was not some sort of offal but is actually like polenta.

Krill are cleaning the hull of our boat. Krill are small crustaceans and they nibble away at all the crud on the hull. Inside the boat you can hear them, it sounds like high frequency light tapping , almost as if the hull is creaking. Very strange when all is quite in the night.

View of our Marina taken from town of Charleston.