Charleston 2009
What a great time we had in Charleston. We stayed eight days at the Charleston Maritime Center on the Cooper River side of downtown. It is so convenient to everything.
Our friends from Madison (now living in Charleston) met us for dinner at one of our favorite spots, Fleet Landing.
Their hushpuppy appetizers are stuffed with shrimp, lobster and other yummy things and then topped with onion straws. VERY GOOD! We went back again another day for more.
Our friends, Dave and Joanne on the catamaran Tropical Breeze, were docked at the marina also. They were entertaining her parents but after the parents left we found time for a favorite cruiser pastime, grocery shopping.
On the way back to the marina we followed this homeless man, oh wait, that’s Dave!
Most of our stay was while Ida was blowing up the coast and we spent about three days cooped up in the boat. It sure rained a bunch both inside and outside the boat. The weather finally cleared, as it is prone to do from time to time, and we became tourists. We visited the USS Yorktown and walked all over the historic downtown area. It was really very nice and a pretty place to visit. With several days left in our stay, Rick and Carla on Euphoria pulled in with Jim and Cathy on Charm. We pushed the limit on happy hours and finally left along with our two new buddy boats for a trip down the ICW through southern South Carolina and Georgia. A first for us since we have always avoided this section of the ditch like the plague.
A sample of our visit to Charleston.
