Leg 4 Photo Album


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A mule-drawn carriage is a fine way to see Charleston.

A charming haberdashery sign; all but the arms and umbrella are hats.

This building has been a tavern or liquor store since the 18th. century.

Some of the beautiful ....

... Charleston mansions ...

... on Meeting Street ...

... including the home of our Thousand Islands friend Dick Wright.

The Cosmic C is finally ready for the water again.

Waiting for a new engine thermostat at the Isle of Pines Marina.

Kevin installs the new thermostat.

Georgetown is a fine old town with graceful buildings ...

... and wide, tree-lined streets.

A lovely evening on Cow House Creek enjoying the usual margaritas.

A portrait of sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington who, ...

... bought three old plantations and created Brookgreen Gardens.

The Brookgreen Sculpture Garden displays over 1200 works ...

... spanning American sculpture from the early 1800s ...

... to the present.

A very recent addition to the collection.

Look carefully to see Southport Marina’s pet alligator.

Some houses along the Carolina ICW rival Florida’s finest.

Docked in Beaufort.

A morning row in Beaufort.

The party on the Oriental town dock started small ...

... but soon grew larger.

Still early, but we were the last to leave charming Oriental.

At an intersection in Elizabethtown, a Southern mansion on one corner, ...

... the neo-Classical court house across the street, ...

... a less grand but charming house on the third corner.

Other houses on Elizabeth City’s Main Street ...

... in an eclectic ...

... mix of styles.

Dawn at the Groupers Restaurant dock in Elizabeth City.

The replica of the Wright brother’s historic 1903 flyer.

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Memorial.

Despite all the condominiums, the Outer Banks’ beaches are superb.

The Elizabeth II brought settlers to the “Lost Colony” on Roanoke Island.

Museum of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City.

Duck weed carpeted the surface of the Great Dismal Swamp canal.

I need a cooling drink while we waited for the lock to open.

The Deep Creek Lock keeper demonstrates his virtuosity with the conch.

Like Beaufort, Norfolk features statues of mermaids around town.

The sharp of eye might see the Cosmic C moored in the distance.

Another whimsical statue next to the marina in Norfolk.

We visit the USS Wisconsin, an Iowa series battleship, ...

... and find that even pacifists find this huge war machine intriguing.

The ferry to Portsmouth - all of 50¢ for us old codgers.

An old church, now the Freemason Abbey restaurant.

Docked on Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay.

Tangier Island has many little cemeteries ...

... right in people’s front gardens.

Other gardens overflow with cutsie statuary and cheery knicknacks.

A scene typical of the Tangier Island waterfront.

Sundown at anchor just outside Branson Cove, Coles Point.

We pass Arlington maneuvering through a swarm of sailboats.

With friends Saadia and Tehsin Ghafar after dinner at Central.

One of several real house boats at the Capitol Marina in DC.

How often does this boat with its thatched roof goes anywhere?

A nostalgic tour boat on the Potomac.

At anchor in a Smith Creek cove near the mouth of the Potomac.

Still calm gthe next day; tropical storm Gabrielle never arrived.

A pleasant B&B in the pleasant town of Oxford.

Oxford’s Main Street is still unspoiled.

The Robert Morris Inn in Oxford.

Lunch at Schooners in Oxford.

Annapolis celebrates Alex Haley and “Roots.”

We enjoyed going aboard the Pride of Baltimore II.

The Annapolis waterfront over the bowsprit of the Pride of Baltimore II.

Artist Greg Harlin’s John Paul Jones’ Ranger at the US Naval Academy.

The restored figurehead of the USS Delaware III in the US Naval Academy.

The Navel Academy’s chapel.

We cross paths again with Chanticleer, once owned by Frances Langford.

Drew Cobb takes us for a ride in Another Perspective.

Back at Mears Marina with our niece Ellen Wimsatt and Drew.

We’re moored right across from Another Perspective.

A stunning sunset at our dinner at the Charter House in Annapolis.

They sure pack the boats in at the Annapolis US Powerboat Show.

Another Perspective leaves her mooring at Mears Marina in Annaoplis.

The Fell’s Point section of Baltimore.

If you eat Bertha’s mussels, you get a bumper sticker.

Moored next to Another Perspective in the Inner Harbor East Marina.

A golden tribute to Baltimore’s Polish- American community.

At breakfast, a great view of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

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Sep 5, 2007
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