Easter in Charleston

Friday we moved half way from Beaufort to Charleston. We shared a nice quiet and remote anchorage with Gaia, the French-Canadian catamaran we have been seeing off and on since the Annapolis boat show. They invited us to dinner so Sue baked a chocolate cake for dessert. We caught up on our respective adventures since George Town in the Bahamas. The next time we see them will probably be Georgetown, SC. We’re going to invite them over to watch Capt. Ron, which they haven’t seen! It must be a French thing.

Sunday we took the dinghy ashore to explore Charleston again. When we were here in the fall we didn’t spend a great deal of time in the city because the marina we were in was so far out of town. Since then they have made three trolley line routes free.

We rode a couple of trolley loops to get an overview of the city. Then we jumped off at different spots to see specific sights. We also took one of the guided carriage tours.

Our carriage horse Danny.

Our carriage guide is a student at the College of Charleston. He was telling us of the favorable female to male ratio (5:1) in Charleston. I hadn’t really noticed that, but I have noticed that the bikinis are blooming all along the Intracoastal.  Not at all a bad thing when you are near college towns.

These "gals" were dressed for Easter, not in bikinis!

The "Wedding Cake" house.

One of the wading fountains in Waterfront Park.