Good evening everyone!
We are settling in for the evening - Paul is grilling and soon we'll be enjoying a delicious dinner. We are so happy to be back in Charleston and have been continuing to enjoy this beautiful city. There is so much here - history, great restaurants, shopping, architecture - but what fascinates us most is the vitality of this incredible shipping port. Tonight, we were walking back from the grocery store and a huge Coast Guard ship docked right near us, and three huge freighters went by within about 10 minutes - two leaving the river and one coming in. Two were car carriers and one was an enormous container ship.
We also took a tour to Fort Sumter today, which was really interesting - lots of great info on the Civil War, because as most of you probably know, Fort Sumter is where the Civil War officially started. The only way to get there is by boat and it's a National Park - so the park service has a great tour out there. Also, as we were returning, they shared some statistics of the shipping industry here and over $79 million of freight passes through this port daily - WOW!
The weather has been very mild - today there were lots of clouds, but lovely nonetheless! Enjoy the photos:
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| A container ship leaves the port last night. |
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| A car carrier off-loading its freight just North of our marina. |
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| Master Plan at Charleston Maritime Center as we went by on our tour boat. The tour leaves very close to where we are docked. |
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| This Pilot ship went by us while on the tour boat - every time a large ship enters the port, a Pilot boat goes out to meet it before it enters the port, and a Captain from the Pilot Boat boards the ship and works with the crew to bring the boat to where it docks. |
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| A Coast Guard ship is anchored near Fort Sumter; it then came up the river and docked right near our marina. |
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| The walls at Fort Sumter are five feet thick - this is where cannons shot out of - downtown Charleston is in the background. |
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| Flags flying above Fort Sumter |
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| A view of the fort, the boat we took to the fort, and downtown Charleston in the background. |
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| This large container ship came up the river just after we returned from the tour. Paul and I are pretty sure that the Pilot boat that went by us as we were going to Fort Sumter (and pictured above) went out to bring this boat into port. |
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| Master Plan at her slip. We are at a floating dock - you can see on the pilings that the lower 4-5 feet are brownish - so we are at low tide. Floating docks are preferred especially in areas where there is a large tide differential - this way you don't have to keep changing your lines. |
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| A tug heading up the river - you can see the Aircraft carrier in the background, which is just across the Cooper River from our marina. |
Thanks again for following along - we appreciate your support and interest in our adventures! We promise to post again soon! Lots of love, Jen & Paul
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