Moving…….slow but south, never the less!

As we mentioned before, Osprey Marina is pretty nice.  They appear to getting better and are even adding another 160' of wall space near where we were docked to accommodate more boats.  They fill the fuel dock at night and pretty much all the slips are usually full.  They are doing something correct as the marina is one of the few that we have seen full.

Our view of the marina at dusk

Nati on the long wall

A full gas dock

Our rod from the dock to clubhouse

Take out from Scatori's…….Paella and Caesar salad!  You can't get this type of dinner from just any marina pub!!

After the marina stop we elected to only go a few miles and check out Bull Creek which is just off the Waccama River.  Another rather deep anchorage and the current is moving good but the anchor grabbed and we went nowhere.

Sunset

Sunrise

From there we made it down to South Santee River and had another nice night.  We know there is some weather coming so we are trying to maximize the anchoring aspect for as long as we can.

So far we have seen:
 - 6 eagles
 - many oyster catchers
 - 1 harrier
 - dozens of Clydes (blue herons)
 - and a ton of shore birds as we move south through this area.  It is one of our favorite sections!

A South Carolina sunset

Yesterday we decided to move when we had the current with us and motored over to the Stono River, south of Charleston, near St. Johns Yacht Harbor.  We have decided to spend a couple of nights here as the nights are going down into the 30's with gale force winds in the area and having heat in the cabin will feel pretty nice.  On top of that we can keep Nati much dryer and reduce the mildew potential.  We will have to give you a report on the marina after a day or to.