Just a quick update here. I just spoke to dad on the phone and they are anchored for the night on Harbor River and intend to make Charleston, SC tomorrow afternoon where they intend to meet friends for dinner. The day started very early when mom woke up and saw the clock and thought they were waking up late. The proceeded to get up and get dressed and moving before they realized that it was actually 5:50am. I wonder if that clock on the cabin wall has been adjusted to reflect what time it actually is now?
They ran for about 11 hours today and dad got that anchor dropped while there was still some light left in the sky in order to keep his agreement with my mother about sailing in the dark. He said there won't be enough earrings in the world if they have to do more night sailing. It sounds like the moon is fairly bright now and he said it's really very pretty where they are anchored.
Today they were unlucky and lucky at the same time. They snagged a herring net that stretched nearly all the way across the river that only had some coke bottle floats which made it nearly invisible. Suddenly dad realized they had snagged it and turned ninety degrees and got the prop into neutral. Luckily it popped loose and he didn't have to put on his scuba gear and swim beneath the boat to free them. In those temperatures it would not have made for a good time!
Dad changed the oil and filter on the engine today and they are ready to head out in the morning. He said they are going to be in City Marina in Charleston tomorrow night. Tonight will be the coldest night so far since their journey began although it sounded like things were warm enough inside the boat.
I guess they are really in the lowlands of the Carolinas because dad said there is nothing but flat earth as far as you can see. They passed mile marker 436 on the ICW today. Dad said that they have to make it to Sawyer Bridge tomorrow before 4PM in order to cross under. He said they should be there in plenty of time.
I asked how the wildlife viewing is so far and he said that they haven't been seeing a ton of birds but that there were quite a few herons and they have repeatedly seen porpoises. They probably know that my mom is on board and loves them.
There will probably be an update from them tomorrow as I think they will be back in the land of wi-fi again.
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