Georgetown to Isle of Palms

11/17/07 Georgetown to Isle of Palms

ICW 403 – 458

Our plan is to spend most of Sunday and Monday touring Charleston. Leaving from Isle of Palms, we should arrive in Charleston by mid-morning; Sunday will be a very short travel day.

We’ve been going through the Santee Swamp this morning. Like many places on the ICW, this is another where you don’t see signs of civilization for hours. It’s refreshing to be surrounded only by nature. We’ve seen three eagles, one in its nest and two others perched atop dead trees. A bottle nose dolphin entertained us, playing and diving alongside DeLaMer for about 5 minutes. There was one lazy pelican floating on the water and lots of cormorants and seagulls fishing.

As we approached Isle of Palms, we passed a group of kayakers with a pod of bottle nose dolphins playing in front of them.

We have made our plans to return home for Christmas. We will be leaving the boat at the marina at Jacksonville Naval Air Station Marina and flying home on 12/11/07. We’ll return to Jacksonville 1/12/08 and continue our trip south to the Florida Keys. We have a reservation for the month of February at the Boca Chica Naval Air Station Marina. We are looking forward to being with family and friends for the holidays.