North Star on the Great Loop Journey: Charleston

Preparing for the trip

Captain Jerry has been making the final preparations to North Star, our 32 foot Cape Island down east trawler. We are anxious to leave our landlubber lives behind and begin our long awaited journey around the Great Circle. Join us as we travel 10, 000 kilometers: through the historic Trent Severn Waterway; the pristine waters of Georgian Bay; the North Channel of lake Huron; and hop from beach to beach on lake Michigan. We will visit Chicago and begin our trek along the rivers: Illinois; upper Mississippi; Ohio; Cumberland: Tennessee; Tenn-Tom Waterway and the Black Warrior. We will have transited through 68 locks at this juncture. We have chosen the inner route from Mobile Alabama to Tarpon Springs Florida and the shorter Ocheechobee Waterway to reach the East coast of Florida. We will skip over to the Bahamas to wait out the winter before heading North on the Atlantic Inter Coastal Waterway.
The 10 years of researching and planning are finally at an end and we invite you to come along on our adventure.

Monday, April 2, 2012

Charleston

We are tied up at the Crab House on Wappoo Creek in Charleston South Carolina. The dock is free with lunch and dinner at the Crab House. We would rather pay to eat than pay at a marina even if it will end up being a $100. night. Lunch was very good, I had a blackened Mahi-Mahi sandwich and Jerry had the coconut shrimp. We have enough left over for an other meal with the huge portions that are so typical in the US.
The restaurant has outdoor seating with shade and a large indoor area that is clean and well decorated. It is 29 degrees inside the boat with a nice breeze.
We had a nice peaceful night at anchorage yesterday with not a sound to be heard. No wildlife around here, just the odd dolphin.