Diana and Gilbert took a slip at a marina last night as her brother and sister-in-law were visiting. We visited them there this morning and took advantage of free showers after breakfast. I had been neglecting the kitchen duties so had a sink full of dishes to do first! (Conserving water - dishes only get done once a day.)

I had mixed feelings this morning. Many of the cruisers in the anchorage had left, leaving us behind. In a way I wanted to get going but know that we are heading home in a couple of days and am so looking forward to that. I'll just have to be patient and know that our turn to head south will come on November 27.

We had lunch on the boat and went into town. I had three things in town I wanted to do and got one accomplished so it was a pretty good day. Our motto is "one day - one job". Anything more than that is pushing it! Don't ask me where the time goes but it takes forever to get anything done on the boat and its not because we are bad time managers. Others cruisers say the same thing. Cruising is a lot of work! (But enjoyable and exciting work.)

This bird has it right, a siesta in the afternoon!

One of the many old churches in Charleston, S.C.

 

One park boosts having an Angel Oak with a canopy of branches spanning 17,000 sq ft!

 

Every second Sunday in the month, one of the major streets in town closes down and there is virtually a "promenade day" with restaurants having outdoor patios, shops with their goods on sale on the sidewalks, etc. We were lucky enough to hit that second Sunday today and we walked the many blocks like tourists eyeing everything. That was one of the reasons we only got one thing accomplished today.
 

Street artists playing on 2nd Sunday on King Street (the name given to the "promenade day" here).

 

We ran across Diana and Gibert at the grocery store. Their job today was to find a hardware store as Gilbert needed a drill bit. Well they found the store but it was closed so their one job didn't get done! See this cruising life is not easy. And the wine store we went to was closed on Sundays! (Imagine that.)  Oh well, there is always tomorrow but we want to visit the aquarium. Hopefully that job will get done.

Just outside the marina where we land the dinghy, we met a couple from Charleston who have been living on their boat and have cruised the Bahamas and Florida. We exchanged info and they invited us to visit them at their marina - a possibility but we are running out of time here in Charleston.

The day was warm and mostly sunny, we only needed light jackets in the morning and by mid afternoon we were carrying them. High teens to low 20s.

Back to the boat for dinner and a quiet evening.