Mosquito Creek Revisited

Andiamo and Brunelle departing Harbor Town Marina.

Players already doing practice rounds
on the 18th hole as we left.

   We were first to leave the marina prior to our planned 8 AM departure as Pete had a conference call.  Thankfully, the tide was still rising so we had no problems leaving.  In fact we were able to ride the incoming tide for quite a while, which made our speed over ground at times up to 8 knots.

    Our two day destination is Charleston.  We discussed our stop last evening.  On our way down we bypassed Beauford, a pretty historic town.  It was one of the places we wanted to stop at on our return home.  However, if we stopped today, tomorrow’s travel would be very long.  Instead, we opted to stop again at B & B Seafood on Mosquito Creek as it is more of a halfway point. So, on to Mosquito Creek we went. We once again passed green channel marker 177, which sits high and dry during low tide on the Ashepoo Coosaw Cutoff and Rock Creek intersection.

Granted, we are here at low/low,
 but the channel marker is 30 feet from the water on a turn!

    We were able to tie up to the B & B dock.  Richard, one of the owners, came in special to collect our fees and open up to sell us the last 5 pound of frozen shrimp.  Due to the very cold winter, they have not been shrimping. It will not be a good year for shrimp in this area.

     Once settled, we needed to get the screens up.  Mosquito Creek was once again living up to its name.  All sorts of bugs were out in force.

     John and Betty hosted a wonderful dinner again. We will use the shrimp another night.  For the time being they will reside in our freezer.  We will dream of the wonderful things John might create with them.    

~  ~ (\_~ ~ ~     Kathy and Pete