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| Dismal Swamp |
When we arrived at Norfolk, the weather changed and so did the traveling as we would now be in the relatively protected waters of the Intracoastal Waterway. We saw many places along the way, anchoring in some and staying in marinas at others. This post only mentions the highlights.
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| First lock on Dismal Swamp Canal |
We left Norfolk on a beatiful fall morning and traveled down the Dismal Swamp Canal which is absolutely beautiful as shown in the picture above. We met up with 7 other boats at the first lock and traveled with them for several days, stopping at the NC Welcome Center and Elizabeth City. A few days later we stopped at Oriental which we enjoyed immensely and then went on, passing through the US Marine Corp training base at Camp Lejune and stopping at Myrtle Beach and Charleston SC.
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| Waiting for a bridge in the ICW |
We spent several days at Charleston touring the historical city. This included a trip to Fort Sumter where the Civil War began. It was enlightening to understand more of the events that led up to the shooting war. It was also interesting to hear this from the Southern perspective as the Southerners refer to the war as the "War of Northern Aggression".
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| Fort Sumter & Charleston Harbor |
Several other enjoyable stops were Beaufort, SC, Shelter Cove at Hilton Head, the resort at Dafauskie Island (which I didn't know existed). We ended this portion of the trip in mid-November at Isle of Hope Marina near Savannah where Trader was to stay until January while attended a business meeting in Puerto Rico and went home to Maine for the holidays and tax planning season at work.
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| Beach at Hilton Head |
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| Trader at Isle of Hope Marina |
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