Blogs from Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North America - page 21

Les vents fous ont diminué vers minuit - en fait c'est la marée et le courant qui étaient plus favorables et combattaient moins le vent. Ce matin le vent a diminué et nous demeurerons à l'ancrage. Guy s'est heurté un genou hier soir en poussant Lili Marlene - dans des manoeuvres rapides on ne ressent pas toujours un "bobo" - c'est le lendemain... mais ce n'est pas sérieux et nous continuerons à profiter de notre journée. Je vous reviendrai en fin de journée si possible avec internet... read more

Mardi, le 14 novembre 2006 Position 32-46-62N 79-57-27W - Charleston, SC Départ à 07 hres après un petit déjeuner simple, car en navigation c'est impossible pour nous, et sûrement pour bien d'autres navigateurs, de relaxer vraiment dans l'intracostal. Notre soirée d'hier a été merveilleuse : un vin blanc très froid avec un riz au légumes ,des pétoncles frais de la mer arrosés de vin blanc, chandelles et musique de Sylvain Cossette. Ensuite la préparation de notre route avec courant et marée puis écriture du blog et dodo. Les journées sont trop courtes en clarté et en temps pour effectuer toute les occupations à bord d'un bateau. L'entretien moteur, le ménage, les repas, la navigation, les listes d'achats pour la prochaine escale etc .... Une retraite bien occupée quoi HI!HI!HI! Mais quel plaisir.. que ce soit de ... read more

So we leave for the Bahamas tomorrow morning. We have a curfew to be back on the ship by 1:00am, so I'm assuming we're leaving port in the wee small hours of the morning. I don't know what I'm going to do tonight. Since I'm still recovering from illness, I can't go too crazy. The last thing I want to be is sick in the humid and oppressively hot Freeport, so it'd be wise to take it easy and work on that recovery. But at the same time, it's my last night in South Carolina. I should enjoy it. I'll figure something out. I might go back to that sushi restaurant tonight that I liked. I spent all of last night at the Starbucks with the wifi connection because I needed to get myself fixed before ... read more

So here's a good idea of what most of my days are filled with. There's my cabin. And the bathroom. The shipping yard which rests just on the edge of the getto. If you look off into the distance, you can see a MacDonald's. It's very exciting. And the theatre/construction zone that I've been working in for the last two weeks. They loaded all of the beds from the guest cabins into the upper balcony area while t... read more

I didn't realize how much I love driving until I went without a car for a few weeks. I did end up getting today off and I did end up renting a car and oh my god, it's so wonderful. I drove all around downtown today (pictures are on their way once I find a fast enough connection to upload them. And just the act of driving my way from Enterprise to downtown felt so liberating. It's a ten minute drive, but I found my solitude again. Suddenly I was on my time again. I had nowhere to be and no one else was at the wheel determining where to go. I didn't know how great a feeling that was until I rediscovered it. I think I'll be going to the mall later today. I'm going ... read more