Isle of Palms

 

 

 

Passing the Charleston Mega-dock, American Cruise line ship

 

Short day so we don’t leave until 9:00AM, but we have two bridges to time. Wappoo Creek bridge just west of Charleston opens just once and hour. On the other side of Charleston by Island of Palms I screw up and somehow though the Ben Sawyer bridge opened on demand on weekends. When I discover my error that they only open on the hour, I speed up a few miles before. We get lucky and just make the opening with a little curiosity of the bridge operator slightly delaying the opening. A few operators can be real Dicks and will not open unless you are sitting in front of the bridge waiting. 

 

Ben Sawyer Bridge

 

Interesting boat at the dock, Life boat from a tanker

 

We arrive Isle of Palms marina. We first fuel up and pump out before heading to the face dock for the evening. 

 

Islander restaurant busy Saturday afternoon

We go to dinner at “Islander” restaurant for dinner, being a nice Sunday the place has a good crowd. After an early dinner we go for a walk over to the ocean side of the island. Back on the boat I make Mango Daiquiris and bring them to Sea Vu Play for Linda and Karen as we play cards. Started rain in the evening.