taking off from charleston we were contemplating taking the icw or going out the inlet and doing
an offshore we have a small weather window so we decided to say screw it let's go offshore
taking the icw would take days going offshore takes just maybe 24 hours to get to florida
we plan to go in the st johns river and lit about 18 knots of wind making its way up to 20 knots
it's on the bow which is not what we typically want um
that makes you a little seasick but charleston was great i really enjoyed it
we will definitely go back there's so much to do we only did about half of what i would
have liked to have done but that's all right um we still got to experience it it's very
charming we're headed south but first let's jump back a day or two to charleston south carolina
cobblestone streets and horse-drawn carriages want to check out the sights
of this southern destination let's do it welcome to lazy gecko sailing
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early morning stop a little dd not for me though no coffee for me that's all right i need to watch
him enjoy his iced coffee i do have double d's that is correct good one honey we hit up a food
lion for a little rug doctor we're gonna steam clean an area of carpets we got a courtesy car
that's nice you get to take it out for an hour so our early morning trip
we're off to explore charleston are you excited yeah are you yeah i was walking through the
city streets today it's pretty cool all the little you know houses and stuff like that
you ready to have a good day little man what are we going to do you going to do
abigail's car to a kid's club let's do it charleston has a kids play garden which is
something we've used before but not here there's only so many locations and reece loves them so
it's a good time for him to go play with some kids get some socialization interaction we'll
drop him off there for the day he'll play and then we'll pick him up a little later while we explore
whenever we go to a cool place like this i always look up like musties must do's and so on
um and one thing that kept popping up on the list was angel oak tree it's thought to be one of the
oldest living oak trees east of the mississippi river it stands 65 feet tall or six stories so
that can kind of put it into perspective for you it's 28 feet in circumference after driving down
this gravel road we came up to angel oak tree it's a donation thing so you can choose to give or not
when you visit it was pretty cool to walk around this massive tree i believe it was hurt damaged by
hurricane hugo some of it but then it like some of its branches it's a long time that it's been here
yeah it's seen a lot of things happen located on johns island this 300 to 400 year old tree gets
about 400 000 visitors each year you can also do weddings or other events under it you know
what this is it's so big this is like the tree in the uh conjuring or the witch hunger stuff
has a lot of girth yeah back in the day they would use oak trees to make ships first of all because
it's very strong and secondly they would use the natural curves to make the hall and the ships
what'd you think of that drone footage i think it was good it was right along the water right
at sunset it was really pretty this is gorgeous yeah this is called the battery
the golden hour yeah the battery is a landmark defensive sea wall and promenade in charleston
south carolina named for civil war coastal defense artillery battery at the site
what do you think of charleston so far sweetie very like cute quaint a lot of history lots of
like restaurants and bars and trendiness going on i like it we're driving over the ravenel bridge it
is the bridge that goes from mount pleasant area to charleston south carolina connects the two
its span is 1500 feet i believe it's 1500 1537 1537 feet yeah the span so those are my fun
little facts for you ravenel is that that guy from the tv show you like yeah southern charm
um that's not why we're here but there is a tv show called southern charm which is really cute
little show it's a reality tv show we watch it when we have i don't know access to it but
yeah i think so it and one of the guys is named ravenel i think it's like his uncle or father
obviously somebody from his family got to fly the drone that was awesome we are launching the drone
again it's always hard to find somewhere to launch the drone especially in the states because of um
helicopters or no-fly zones because of airplanes or airports or whatever it is so it's we're gonna
try this time and hope for the best but a lot of times it's like a no-fly zone so we'll see
how it works out usually it'll pop up with a warning to him so hopefully it hasn't there he is
gonna fly it right from in the car huh yeah the arthur ravenel jr bridge stretches over the cooper
river in south carolina it's the third longest cable state bridge in the western hemisphere
whenever he's bringing the drone back we all kind of just look to see if we can find where it is
we were able to fly it so that's pretty cool hopefully the footage is sweet mom you're gonna
get it i'll get it then i go out here oh it's right above us it's over here open your window
oh okay now i try to catch it
success i caught it our drone fiesta in the united states it'll be like a no-fly area warning area
helicopters around there's a you usually can't get drone footage like that so
i was surprised that the drone went and got footage
we enjoyed many sites including the charleston city market
this is often confused with the old slave mart where slaves were sold slaves were never sold at
the city market it was fun to browse the little shops that city market was really cool probably
one of the best i've ever seen it's about four blocks long it was established in the 1790s
so lots of neat things in there and it feels very cute and quaint
john our best friend if you've seen him on the boat quite a few times
he told us to check out the house of jerky so i'm going to give it a peek
she says chipotle bourbon is her most popular one that was the first one that
she said so i'm gonna go with that one can kids eat this put the bourbon in it yeah
okay it's kid friendly i'll take one of those please
but the time had come to head south our weather window allows for a motor south and calm seas
fair winds charleston
the winds were on the bow and the seas were calm calypso is in need of a lot of repairs
and they were past due we're headed towards the dock where we can get started on the work we're
also about to start another part of our adventure planning to add a new little gecko to the crew but
more on that later we took advantage of the calm conditions to reflect on our trip to the northeast
we had way more adventure than we expected during this trip
we're excited to refit our vessel and start the next
so
coming soon on the lazy geckos they glued it in i'm gonna go for it look at the back of this thing
we are taking our sketchy cushions in today my underwear on backwards not sure when that happened
i've never seen the inside of a microwave oops do you know what you're doing no well i watched
youtube video this is pretty freaking amazing thank you for everybody that has followed us
we have jason pinko here today inner dionema is spliced into itself to right there is that there
do you feel like you can administer emergency oxygen now honey yes is this the best thing ever
well we'll see the one in the living room might fall
down we'll see having a cpap on the boat jeremiah
just waking up first night aboard the rv
jeremiah doesn't really know what he's doing that was so much easier than
unhooking power on the boat we are headed to the west palm beach power boat show scene
next to the blue hole in the bahamas well i worry about a lot of things
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