Day 294: Timing is Everything

Seven Reaches Creek to St. John’s Yacht Harbor, John’s Island, SC (docked)

November 7, 2022

The moon was such a gorgeous orange this morning at 5:20 that we stopped for a moment just to appreciate it. Getting up early sometimes comes with its own rewards.

A few minutes later, we were surprised by the contrail from the Antares rocket that had been launched from Wallops Island, Virgina. We were in the perfect place at the perfect time to see it travel across the sky.

High tide was early this morning and it helped us avoid the shoal that was right outside the mouth of the creek.

We made it to the Ben Sawyer Swing Bridge at 6:40AM which meant that we were able to get an opening with no wait (which was our plan). (I still don’t love traveling when it’s dark.)

Charleston Harbor was pretty breezy and cool. I was excited to see some dolphin buddies there, too.

The Wappoo Bridge won’t open between 7:00 and 9:30AM (and as someone who had to drive over that bridge almost daily, that’s a good thing). Since we arrived there at 8:20, we anchored and ate our breakfast. There were even more dolphin buddies here.

There’s a really strong current in Elliott Cut that we had to motor against. Fortunately, we were the only boat in the cut, so we didn’t have to deal with any powerboat wakes.

St. Johns Yacht Harbor is our “home marina” where we lived for two years. They’re under new ownership and have made some changes but it still feels like home.

The marina has a loaner vehicle that we will use tomorrow to go vote (another instance of good timing). We’ll get some provisions before the nasty weather hits on Thursday or Friday, too, and of course, see our friends.