After a day catching up on some sleep and getting the boat in order, we booked the first water shuttle out to Fort Sumter the following morning. Little did we know that the first group that goes out to the Fort each day gets to help raise the U.S. Flag over the Fort just like they have for the last 150 years!
What a treat to stand on that sacred ground and take in the sights and imagine the sounds that have filled this space over the decades and centuries.
One of the great parts of cruising, is all of the awesome cruisers that you meet. When we arrived in Charleston, we walked past a 68 Nordhavn that happened to belong to a couple that we had been following on Instagram but had never met. Paul & Renee’ had sold their home and moved aboard “Puffin’ Quest” about a year earlier and were now in Charleston.
Leslie stopped by one morning and introduced herself and a new friendship began! After introductions we made plans to head over to the USS Yorktown for a tour of the aircraft carrier. I could have spent days exploring all of the nooks & crannies of this amazing piece of history that had a huge impact in the Pacific during WW II. When I found out that you could spend the night aboard, I was ready to pack a bag and give it a go!
Specs on the USS Yorktown.
