The final preparations are made, and the weather is on our side. The time has come. We are pulling out of our beloved Charleston marina, St. John's Yacht Harbor, at first light. We are excited as hell for the departure and as ready as we'll ever be. It's a voyage of preparedness and the unknown. Preparedness through preparations includes, but is not limited to: we tested our lights, batteries, battery charger, GPS system, VHF radio, wine opener, and anything else we needed checked; we have stock piled food, water & wine; we watched Captain Ron again. The unknown inculcates us with "wheres": where we are going to make anchor (don't know yet), where the dinghy docks/public ramps will be (couldn't tell ya) & how close the food markets will be to where we make land (have to wait and see). All the unknown is, at times, what I find most titillating... and at other times, the unknown is what I find most daunting.
We plan to cruise towards the ocean and navigate on the outside (as opposed to the inside, as in the Intracoastal). But, again, we'll see. With no definitive plan other than a directional requirement of South, all we can say until we get under way is, we'll see! We'll see!
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