Underway, at last! Heading from Charleston to Beaufort. This trip has been a dream 20 years in the making. I can still remember getting an ICW cruising guide as a Christmas present when we were still living at 1949 Lincoln and reading it from cover to cover within a week. Doing it now is even better. No telephone calls to make back to the office, clients to worry about or other pre-retirement duties are calling. Ahhhh. That’s the sound of happy. The course of the Intracoastal from Charleston starts at Wapoo Creek and winds through a number of river channels — it is very calm and usually bordered by marsh areas that look prairie-like at low tide and more like seaweed at high tide. You get a very good idea of why this area is called the Low Country. Special note about Beaufort….in South Carolina it is pronounced Bew-fort (as in Beautiful). In North Carolina they go for the French version: Bow-fort.
Ahoy, Ann. I look forward to reading your blog and reminiscing about my own adventure along the ICW. Lacking hardiness, though, mine was a road trip, and we missed all of the escapades of a cruise.
The charming coastal town of Beaufort and its marina were certainly a highlight. Enjoy, Captain Cliff and First Mate Ann and crew!
We can share ICW stories at the next book club! I do not think hardiness is a requirement for our version of this cruise….remember we are on a power boat, not a sail boat!!