Charleston, of course, is a very popular stop for boaters of all backgrounds. The City built this Mega Dock to handle the big boys from around the world. Q's End was lost on this dock but it was rather interesting to rub shoulders with the people aboard the mega yachts. The dock hands are professionally trained so we had no problem docking in a small spot on the inside despite the wind and the current.
The trip to Charleston was again through the marshes and lowlands. At one point we were attacked (well so to speak) by dozens of sea gulls. Either they thought we were a fishing boat or we were stirring up some bait fish in the shallow waters.We spent 3 nights here but would have loved to spend even more time; another excuse to come back this way some time.
We took one of the tours and discovered so much of the history and character of the city. Many of the houses from that era what was called single room homes, not because there was only one room but because the building was only one room wide.
Access was actually from the side and then there was a narrow hall way inside. Many actually had front doors on the side which led to the veranda and was open to the outside on the other side. We had a chance to visit the market are and of course had some superb meals. The first evening we ate at Hank's seafood restaurant. It was packed, the food was superb, the cost was high end and the atmosphere was great. What a way to start our visit. On our last evening was similar but without the high cost. We ate at Jestine's, a southern home style restaurant without a liquor licence. The food was superb once again. The southern fried chicken was to die for and Debby from Lady Royal devoured an eight ounce home cooked meat loaf dinner. It was a great find. If we had stayed we would have tried another similar type restaurant, Virginia's.
We re-provisioned here since there was shuttle service to the Harris Teater grocery store, a fine store it was too. Unfortunately, our credit card was rejected at the checkout. Now what. Anyway, we covered the $250 bill and then spent the rest of the day with Visa trying to straighten out the problem. Evidently, someone in Florida tried to run a charge of $1.73. When the fraud and loss people at Visa determined that it was not a legitimate charge from me they closed our card. No problem since they promised to send out an emergency card by noon on Saturday. Well that did not happen and since I am writing this after the fact anyway, I will relate the whole ugly episode here so that I only get po'd again this one time. Our Canadian Bank did initiate the emergency card in time for next day delivery but did not count on Visa International to delay by 24 hours. Thus Saturday did not happen and Sunday was out because well it was Sunday and no courier services. So we gave Visa the address to the marina that we would be at on Monday, that being Barefoot Landing in North Myrtle Beach. We received confirmation that it would be delivered by noon on Monday. We waited but no card. Visa followed up with UPS and discovered that despite the address being correct, the driver did not recognize it so did not deliver it. Since we were travelling every day to a new port, Visa and I agreed to give the carrier 2 days to deliver the card despite requesting overnight service. Well we were 2 days at Federal Point Yacht Club but the card did not even make that. Evidently the people in Myrtle Beach screwed up again and did not get the package rerouted in time. We tried another 2 day window and although it was promised before noon on the Thursday, we had to chase it down and finally we received it a 4 PM. Six days to receive an emergency card. Enough of that frustrating week with UPS and Visa.
I'll leave Charelston with some photos of my neighbours.
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| Hanuman (can check online for specs) |
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