Tag: ICW 2018

We woke up and headed to breakfast in Charleston at Toast. It was then a short walk through the City Market, an open air shopping area with tables and tables of local vendors.  Its a great place to buy gifts and souvenirs! After shopping, we met up with our recent Charleston transplant friends and  enjoyed hearing all about their move to Charleston.

It’s so amazing to have people in our lives who we haven’t seen in many months, but can still connect with immediately. They told us all about Charleston living, building/buying a house and fishing. We then took a ride to Shem Creek and Red’s Ice House for lunch. Red’s is a dive bar type place with an amazing view of the creek. We enjoyed some seafood and then headed back to the boat for a few chores while it rained. (Thanks subtropical storm Alberto)

We worked up an appetite with our chores and then made our way, on the marina courtesy shuttle, to Fleet Landing. I have no idea if Fleet Landing makes the list of top notch seafood restaurants in Charleston (there are so many choices),  but it is one of my all time favorites. Fleet Landing overlooks the water and literally, inside or out, you have an amazing view of the harbor. Their seafood is so fresh and delicious. We were fortunate that our Famulari’s friends texted us as we were headed to the restaurant, to see if we wanted to meet up for dinner. I’m so glad it worked out! It was so fun to see their 4 year old daughter and our 3 year old daughter become instant friends. If only it were that easy as adults!

I’m sure you are tired of hearing all about food and are ready for some boating. Well tomorrow we finally leave Charleston and head to Beaufort SC!

We are off again! Drift Away’s captain and crew are off on another ICW adventure. This trip, our route is from Charleston, SC to Daytona Beach, FL. We started our journey today by hopping in the truck and towing the boat 379 miles from our home in Virginia to Charleston, SC. With an 8,000 lbs. boat and a 3 year old what could go wrong? We managed to get lucky traveling, other than a MAJOR rain storm and a one hour stop for construction. Philip got to flaunt his man skills and helped another guy jump start his car while we waited for traffic to move again. Why do you stop traffic COMPLETELY for an hour for construction (paving)? And why didn’t google catch it?? Frustrating to say the least!

After going thru a HEAVY rainstorm, we made it to Charleston and Wappoo Cut Boat Ramp. Although the current can be tricky on the ramp, it is a large, wide put in with very nice docks and plenty of parking. A short boat ride to Charleston City Marina and we settled in on their mega dock with our 225ft+ friends. It was amazing to see the size of some of the yachts on the mega dock. We heard all about a 362 foot boat that had just left a few days prior. Thankfully we got a nice interior calm location and settled in for a two day stay.

We decided for dinner we would try a friend of ours brew pub and pizza place, Famulari’s on Folly Road. Their pizza was delicious but their beer (brewed on site) was even better. I highly recommend the skinny vanilla latte with your breakfast, lunch or dinner! It was great to get to visit with friends and catch up. We then took our tired selves home and went to bed.