We wanted to take two weeks to move our boat from Charleston to Gloucester Point, VA. This is about 520 miles. We will pass the Atlantic ICW mile marker 0. We will be in new water that we have not traveled before. We invited a good friend of ours, Daryl, to come with us. He always hears our stories and so we thought it would be good for him to experience this himself.
We got an early start at slack tide and traveled through the Charleston Harbor. It was not too busy since we left during the week. When summer season is in full swing we could see that this place would be very busy. As we got into the AICW heading north we saw many nice homes and long docks.
St. John’s Yacht Harbor 
Charleston Marina 
Fort Sumter
As we got into the AICW heading north we saw many nice homes and long docks.
Further north we began to get into a tree lined canal. It was very different from what we expected since we had been through the Georgia Swamp land. The only down fall was horseflies began to appear and they bit!
We saw a new type of bridge. It was a floating swing bridge. It was neat to see but we did not observe it in action that would have been interesting.
We ended up at Harborwalk Marina in Georgetown, SC. Nice little town and the dock was just a block away from the action. We went to the shrimp docks next door and got 3 pounds of shrimp. Then we walked the town trying out the happy hours!
The next day we continued north and experience a lovely cruise among cypress trees. We went under a number of bridges. One was close to an airport. We did not where this guy was going to land!
As you get closer to the beaches on the Grand Strand the houses got bigger and the area more commercial. It took a long time to travel the 60 some miles we wanted to go. As we looked for our next marina location Ocean Isle Marina, we noticed these boats in the trees! They were at the marina we would be staying at.
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