The alarm went off at 0630 this morning. What a rude awakening! Outside temp a 1C. To put that in perspective, the dock lines which were nicely coiled on the deck after tying up, were frozen in their coiled position! However the skies were blue and we had amazing sunshine.

We left Toler's Marina at 0700 under a gorgeous sunrise.

Sunrise leaving Toler's Marina, S.C.

Entrance (or in our case, exit) to Toler's Marina, S.C.

Oops, not enough scope!

The day was pretty much uneventful with only one restricted bridge which opened on request so no delays. There were plenty of hot beverages this morning as we tried to keep warm and by about 1100 the sun was strong enough that it started to warm us inside the enclosure. We made excellent time with the current (as anticipated) mostly in our favour. We travelled 59 sm, about 5 miles more than we had planned on doing but as mentioned, the current was in our favour.

We anchored in Bass Creek, off Coosaw River (Morgan Island) at 1645.

There was a couple from Montreal travelling behind us and after making contact with them via VHF, they decided to anchor in the same anchorage. We invited them over for happy hour, then had a quick supper (leftovers, ya gotta love 'em) and to bed early. We are hoping to do the same number of clicks tomorrow and get just inside the Georgia border.

Sunset at Bass Creek, S.C.

Sunset again (with bottom of dinghy in the way).