As you travel down the waterway, one fear stays in your mind, meeting a tug pulling a barge in a narrow area. Well, today we met one, and actually it wasn't as bad as we thought. Only raised the blood pressure a bit, and after a few choice words, we passed him. Everybody had been telling me to keep the radio on the channel that tugs work on, and I would know far in advance. It didn't quite work that way. As I came around a bend, there it was. Not just any tug, one that was about 1/4 mile long, being pulled by one, and being assisted by 2 more, taking up most of the canal. We squeezed over as much as we could, held our position, and watched this mammoth slide by. All part of the adventure.
This one of the cities that we wanted to see. It's funny how, when you live on a boat , as soon as you get to port , you want to run off and look at houses. These are some of the most historical landmarks in the U.S. We walked around admiring the buildings that date back to 16, 17, and 1800s.
The first shots of the civil war were fired here, with Fort Sumter protecting the harbour. We didn't have enough time to tour the fort, as this city has so many sites, It would take a week. We crammed it in to 2 days.
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