Tranquil Coosaw River
We woke up to thick fog, so had to wait until we could see before we could set off. We have been pretty lucky with fog on the way down. In Virginia we could watch it roll in and through, something new for me. I have never seen fog move through a place like that before - it was either there or it wasn't - so to see it roll in and make everything disappear in a very quick while was a bit disturbing. You can understand how you could get quickly surrounded by it when you are out on the water, and lose all sense of where you are. We managed to get going at 10, and set off to cross the Coosaw river. The day was now sunny and calm. On our way up this river had given us a really wild ride, but now it was like a mill pond. It is hard to believe it is the same river! Seagulls and terns followed us for much of the day. I really don't understand why. When I have seen them following fishing boats I have always assumed they were getting old bait, garbage, or unwanted fish that were dumped overboard, but we had nothing of interest to them. Maybe the boat's wake stirred things up?
Lots of dolphins were in the river, many of them coming and playing by the bows of the boat. Dolphins seems naturally curious, and they almost always come and check the boat out if they are nearby.
We anchored in Brickyard Creek at low tide, which was a good thing, as we could see there was a huge pile of rocks or shells several feet high, close to the center of the creek. When the tide came in that pile was completely hidden, and not marked on the charts! After we anchored a tug and a barge using the main channel ran aground right in front of us, and caused us some entertainment while we had our sundowners.
We woke up to thick fog, so had to wait until we could see before we could set off. We have been pretty lucky with fog on the way down. In Virginia we could watch it roll in and through, something new for me. I have never seen fog move through a place like that before - it was either there or it wasn't - so to see it roll in and make everything disappear in a very quick while was a bit disturbing. You can understand how you could get quickly surrounded by it when you are out on the water, and lose all sense of where you are. We managed to get going at 10, and set off to cross the Coosaw river. The day was now sunny and calm. On our way up this river had given us a really wild ride, but now it was like a mill pond. It is hard to believe it is the same river! Seagulls and terns followed us for much of the day. I really don't understand why. When I have seen them following fishing boats I have always assumed they were getting old bait, garbage, or unwanted fish that were dumped overboard, but we had nothing of interest to them. Maybe the boat's wake stirred things up?
Lots of dolphins were in the river, many of them coming and playing by the bows of the boat. Dolphins seems naturally curious, and they almost always come and check the boat out if they are nearby.
We anchored in Brickyard Creek at low tide, which was a good thing, as we could see there was a huge pile of rocks or shells several feet high, close to the center of the creek. When the tide came in that pile was completely hidden, and not marked on the charts! After we anchored a tug and a barge using the main channel ran aground right in front of us, and caused us some entertainment while we had our sundowners.
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