We spent most of the day just lying around, resting. We'll stay here in Charleston until we get rid of these colds and start feeling halfway human again.
In the late afternoon, we managed to paddle to the public ramp and walk around a little. We accomplished three things: we got rid of the trash, we mailed the mail, and we bought a quart of milk at a convenience store. We also found out where the buses stop and where a chart store is. Tomorrow, we'll ride around on a bus and see some of the town.
This is the windiest harbor we've ever been in, and the water's very choppy. I wasn't at all sure I'd be able to make it back to the boat, but it turned out to be not as hard as I had expected. In fact, it was fun. I felt a lot better for getting some fresh air and exercise.
Roy didn't think I'd be able to make it back either. He let out 100 feet of floating line so I could grab it and pull myself to the boat, but I didn't use it; I paddled all the way.
In the evening, we were sitting out on the deck, enjoying the cool breeze. We saw nine zillion boats zooming past us, all heading in the same direction. We figured they were going to the fireworks display, and that's exactly where they were going. It turned out we had an absolutely perfect spot for viewing the show; we couldn't have picked a better place even if we'd known where it was going to be. And after the fireworks, we saw the zillions of boats zooming back to where they'd come from. That was as exciting as watching the fireworks. It's a wonder they didn't bump into each other, there were so many of them. But there were lots of Police boats and Coast Guard boats, too.
Then we saw a second fireworks show, in a different direction. Most of the people missed it, they were in such a hurry to get home, but we saw the whole thing.
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