Final return Leg- from Spot Adventures

The following link provides the "pings" from my "Spot" device from the last 10 or so days of our returm trip to Charleston.

http://www.findmespot.com/spotadventures/index.php/view_adventure?tripid=323124

We had a great trip on now we begin our local summer cruising!

Good night from Toogoodoo Creek

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Beaufort to Toogoodoo Creek, Sat. June 15

What a beautiful day...sunny and dry and not too hot!

Sailing was another issue...though we were able to get sails out for a while today...we fought the tide almost the entire day and the wind was from the NE...dead on our nose...except for a few brief turns at the north end of the Coosaw and on a portion of the South Edisto. We averaged less than our normal 5. knots, but made it to Toogoodoo about 4:30.

Tomorrow...Cooper River Marina...home!

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Lady Island Bridge, Beaufort, SC

We were spared any thunder storms last night in Bull Creek and woke to calm weather and reasonable temperatures.  Had a good run today even though the tides were against about half the day and the winds had shifted around to come out of the N to NE...dead on our nose most of the day...except...for a great run across Port Royal Sound where the angle was sufficient to keep us moving even against an incoming tide!

Went ashore and picked up the last few provisions for the next 2 days and had great BBQ at Sargent White's, which Tom and Sara had enjoyed on an earlier trip.  Also, Tom's grandson joined them for the 2-day run to Charleston...too bad G3 wasn't here!

Tomorrow...Toogoodoo Creek or maybe even closer to Cooper River Marina!

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Made it to Bull Creek, just south of Calibogue Sound and across from Daufuskie Island...SC

Picture is of the Isle of Hope Marina just South of the Savannah River.  We had another great day for the gennys...had them out most of the day givng us additional power and some pretty nice sailing, at times...even got up over 7 knots!! 

It is another hot one, with temps pushing 100 and the heat index even higher. We decided sailing was cooler than sitting at anchor so we passes the New River anchorage and made 9 more miles to Bull Creek. This puts us just 30 miles from Beaufort so we hope to be there by early afternoon and to go ashore one last time before getting home.

Our only issue tonight is that with the extreme heat of the last few days qnd a cold fro t coming in tomorrow, they are predicting the possibility of isolated severe weather (Thunder storms with winds over 70 mph)!! We are hoping they don't materialize but have anchored a great distance from each other in a wide creek with about 150' of chain in the water....just in case...

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Another creek another sunrise..June 13...Redbird Creek GA

We plan to weigh anchor by 8 and make our way to the Savannah River to cross back into SC by early afternoon. It will be another hot one but should still be able to get the genny out and "catch some breeze"!

I forgot to mention the amazing dolphin show we saw yesterday as we sailed through Johnson Creek.  There must have been 30 or more moving in every direction breaking the surface in pairs or more and with many mother and calf pairs.  You could see the mothers nudging the calves in different directions and there were a few that were splashing up a storm...a truly amazing sight!!! The only problem was I was steering and adjusting the genny so had no free hand to take a picture or video clip!

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Made it to Redbird Creek by about 3:30 ...6.12.13

Had a great sail again today with gennys flying and working hard to keep us moving above a crawl as we hit a few spots with strong opposing tides. But we made the 42 miles in time to relax in the shade of our biminis...in the 100 degree heat index!!

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