Blogs from Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North America - page 16

Despues de las 2hs mas largas de micro de los ultimos tiempos llegue a la estacion de Charleston. Mike y Cari estaban esperando con el auto y en 15 minutos ya estabamos en su casa. Estaban preparando un rico pollo de cena, pero mientras fuimos un rato por la calle principal de la ciudad, King Street, a tomar una cerveza y acompan;ar a Mike a la bilbioteca. El dia fue corto y estaba muerto despues de tanto viaje. El lunes en cambio me levante tipo 9:20am, desayunamos algo rapido con Cari y cuando ella se fue a trabajar yo fui a caminar por la ciudad. Despues de 2hs de caminata y una lluvia relampago, decidi ir a comer algo. Luego de un largo debate interno, me decidi por "La Hacienda grill" (Laja sgun Mike), un restaurant ... read more

Jour 70 Mercredi 19 novembre, réveil vers 7h00. Nous prévoyons partir vers 12h00. Il y a de la glace sur le quai, devinez la température. Raksha quitte vers 8h00 et finalement nous larguons les amarres vers 11h. Le vent se calme un peu. Nous devons affronter Cape Fear River avec des vents de 15kn dans le dos et la marée avec nous, on file parfois à plus de 8kn sur le fond. Nous traversons devant Southport et nous nous engageons dans le canal vers Shallotte Inlet. Nous ancrons dans un bras de rivière où nous nous rendons au GPS encore un fois. Nous nous ancrons sur deux ancres, à la Bahamienne dit-on, pour ne pas dériver au changement de marée. Jour 71 Lever 5h00. Départ sous le rose de l’aurore. Il fait froid mais le vent ... read more

It rained all night last night. From about 7pm to at least 2 or 3 a.m. It got a littlewindy but nothing to complain about. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Charleston!!! Traveling here was perfect, beautiful, few residential areas, few clammers, few fisherman, few sailboats in the way, fast traveling cruising at about 25 knots, and the landscape is gorgeous! Cypress trees growing directly out of the water all along the Waccamaw river. Loves it! We passed through the 20 mile long undeveloped barrier island of the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge including sand dunes, salt marshes, beach, maritime forests, and open water. Needless to say, this has been the most beautiful part of the trip. Downtown Charleston is AWESOME too! After arriving at the marina we had a few drinks at the connecting hotel then showered ... read more

Danger, danger danger......thats right triple danger......there were not one, not two but three matthews' in the grand old USA at once. For ten days no less which to be honest was no where near enough but what can you do! And in keeping with the triple theme there are three pages of photos to this blog so be sure to scroll through to all three of them!!!! Rach took time out from her "im going to take 9 months off and enjoy europe and the world" trip to accompany mum who herself decied to take a refreshing 6 weeks off and visit friends and family in the UK while those Matthews left in Oz could build and decorate a new kitchen at 31 Ivanhoe street! As luck would have it mum and rach arrived on different ... read more

Wow, the past few weeks have gone by incredibly fast and I have just under 3 weeks left here before I move on again to my next big adventure before making my way back to Alaska (which is in itself another adventure). It's going to be a busy 3 weeks though as this weekend I take off for Wilmington, NC to see my cousin, go scuba diving on a couple wrecks *smile*, tour around the campus that I spent 5 months of my life at, and sit on the sunny beaches of North Carolina again. Then next weekend is my Advanced Scuba diving class up at Lake Jocassee, SC and after...the dreaded REU participant research seminar where I give a powerpoint in front of the Biology Dept about my research this summer. It's going to be ... read more