We left the Mega Dock at Charleston City Marina at 7:50 am this morning. We had spent 5 nights tied up on the other side of these beauties. The "small" one is 90 feet long while the others are 125 to 130 feet long. The bad news was that our view of the harbor was blocked. The good news was that we had plenty of shade in the afternoon...
We had a fun time in Charleston, and unlike the Admiral's multi-day birthday celebration last month, mine was limited to one (very fine) day.
We travelled 67 miles along the IntraCoastal Waterway to South Carolina's second largest port city, Georgetown. We are at the Harborwalk Marina, which has about 15 restaurants and a number of stores in the restored downtown on the waterfront. The scenery of coastal swamp and tree covered islands was very similar to the rest of our travels along the coast in Georgia and South Carolina. 
Our "oddity" of the day where the lead tug was actually being pushed by the rear tug... We had probably a third of the trip where the water was pretty "skinny" with only 1 or 2 feet under the keel. At one point the depth gauge actually read -0.8 feet. When if gets really shallow, the props kick up sediment and that throws off the depth sounder...
After the long travel day today, we plan to stay here for two nights to get a bit of a rest. Plus, we plan to do some touring around the local historic homes and the maritime museum downtown.
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