Charleston Get Together
 

I'd figure I'd go ahead and make a topic on it, ask for all input. Some time between now and the end of March(after Christmass would be better for me, I might have my V up and running them). I'm still working on getting price for short term slips. Reel said he's providing BbQ, i can get enough oysters to fill us all up. Take a look at the Charleston tourist sites to figuer out what ya'll are intersted in. The marina I hve in mind is down town and has provisons for an oyster roast/cook out. Lots of accomidations, If you need ad rive by on aplace to see what it looks like, let em know. Open to all sugestions.

SPARE
I'd like to meet, I will be gone Feb 14 thru the 24 but anytime before or after that would be good for me.

Sound Like A Good Idea to Me. :clap: My business travel schedule is always hectic and short notice, but I like the idea so let me know details as they evolve.

I like the last week in march or the week before the last.

Set a date....I'll put it on the calendar!

I don't have any firm plans at the moment. Sounds like fun to me. Never been to Charleston but always wanted to go. This will be a fine excuse to head down there.

ok now were rollin.... lets keep it going, I'm going to pic a hotel this weekend.

charleston trip
 

spare what marina are you looking at? is it city marina? we have put in there many times. charleston is a great place with alot to see and do.you can tour rainbow row at the battery(all the old victoren homes) see the martime musem were the hunley is go downtown to the slave market(at night they have street preformers much like malloey square in key west or go down on king st to jimmy buffetts or ride out to the old fort,or ride out past the isle of palms to bull island! i think in march it will still be a little bit cool. let me know as plans progress! THE DAYDREAMER

I use Sea Breeze Marina, its not normally used for in the water slips as its a dry stack, but I know the manager and he will let us use the marina as a central point and use of its facilities. The marina doesn't lease out for wet slips. The marina is located at the old Jail House on the City Creek part of the Cooper River. It was right at the base of the old grace Bridge before they tore it down. It faces Drum Island with a view of the Yroktown from accross the harbour. Its right beside the Columbus Street terminal. Trailer parking may be an issue, but I'm working on it. You can actually see a glimps of the building before they renovated it during the movie Die Hard 2 in the scene where they pulled the Dodge truck off the bridge. City Marina is a nice place($$$), its mroe accomodating for in teh water slips, it also has a shuttle to the local sites, my old office was there right beside the Variaty Store Resturant. There is also Charleston Harbor Marina, right in front of the Hiton(figure Willy will be staying there), accross the harbor in Mt Pleasant. Ashely Marina is right beside City, and then The Bristol is right beside the Ashely. Ripley Light is accriss the water from Ashely. There are planty of otehr places to put in or more your boat, but having use of teh facilities for a gatehring may be an issue. Sea Brreze will be accomidating as long as we feed the manager

heres the link to the SCDNR site for all boating and fishing regulations. It has maps of landings as well. http://www.dnr.sc.gov/boating.html

This site has a lot of links to various maps and information on it fpr teh Charleston area. http://www.charlestonfishing.com/

I highly recomedn looking at Google maps of the area to see just how much water there is around here. There is a lot to do around here

spare , can you recommend a place to stay its going to be myself my wife and 17 yr old so with the girls its going to have to be a nice place, and being that its going to be my one and only real vacation for the yr I'd like to splurge a little say any where between 100.00 /200.00 per nite?
If there are any links to there websites that would be great.

just about anyplace down town will be nice. I'll look around and see whats what. The hilton in Mt, Pleasant would be sweet. It has its own Marina in front of it http://www.charlestonharborresort.com/. This site may help you http://www.charleston.com/ find a better place to stay. If any one has a question about a plpace, let me know where and I'll ride by and take a look,

heres part of the post on the other thread
"As far a lodging goes, just about anything in MT. Pleasant is nice(and expensive). Downtown Charleston is great(even more expensive) James Island is decent, North Charleston is hit or miss depending where you're looking. If anyone is going to be towing with a camper or motor home, there are several nice campgrounds around here. Folly Beach is pretty cool, has a ramp nearby, you may be able to find a cottage for rent at an offseason rate. Isle of Palms is $$$$, only Willy could afford to stay there. Goose Creek(where I live) and Summerville both have nice places to stay, but they are probably a little further away than most would want(I live 15 miles from Charleston Harbor). Monks Corner is too far away unless you want to do the tailrace/Cooper River. Anyone find a hotel and want a drive by to see if its decent, let me know "

If any of ya'll are coming from far away and have never been to Charleston before, you might want to think about making it a week vacation, two or three days isn't going to be enough

http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguid...on_vacations-i

http://www.undercovertourist.com/uni...harleston.html

http://www.charlestoncvb.com/

Need a date and see what money is like as time comes near, but will have no boat and need a ride :sun:

Sounds like Wind Talker is awful needy, maybe his ol buddy ol pal CB can haul his butt down here. :sun:

But don't hink you have to have a boat to enjoy Charleston, the downtown area is full of shops and stores(search for the Charleston City Market, and King Street Shopping). Ther is plenty of site seeing with bus, walking, and cairrage tours. The USS Yorktown is across the harbor in Mt. Pleasant. They run a water taxi(friends of mine) from Charleston Harbor Resort to the Marintine Center downtown, there are Ft. Sumter tour boats that cross the harbor. The also have diner cruises. They just approved Gambling boats in N Charleston, probably won't take them long to get them running. To all the history buffs and studies of The War of Northern Aggresion, there is more than enough places to see including the Charleston Battery, Ft. Sumter, Ft Multrie, and the Hunley. Beach aeras include IOP, Folly Beach. Sulivans Island. Plenty of places to wade fish, any one want to hire a guide, let me know, I work on several guides boats. One of my favorite places to see is the Angle Oak(http://www.angeloaktree.org/), its a little ride, but neat to see. If any of ya'l chase that little white ball, Charleston and the surounding areas are eat up with golf courses. The local sea food toursit trap is Shem Creek, in Mt Pleasant. Plenty of good places to eat all around. There are two places downtown that keep placing in the top 10 places to eat nation wide. More than enough stuff to do. Thats why I warned ya'll about not having enough time to do what you want, especially if you've never been here adn are driving a long way



heres one solution for some one with out a V http://charleston.craigslist.org/boa/2036966536.html

Dang yanks always starting something. :you:

I was waiting to see if anyone picked up on that :clap:

I picked up on it...I just chose not to address it!:hi:

...and those battle re-enactments are really practice, right ?

I'm tempted to join the Charleston fun, though my V is unlikely to be ready. Tasting authentic low-country boil is on my to-do list.

Any idea on date yet SP?

I'm thinking around the 19th of March, or maybe the following weekend. I can make it just about any weekend, what do ya'll think. Waiting on input from the heavy hitters, Reel? Willy? MJ? any one else. Even CTT could come down. More the merrier. Just remember to get you pass stamped at the Mason Dixon Line

LOL Not to worry Spare, all our passes got stamped April 9, 1865. :beer:

how about the last weekend of march ?????

last weekend will work for me as well, heck I live here, any weekend will work for me. Thats why we need ya'lls input, I can work around just about any weekend. But check the hotel prices, the closer you get to the first weekend in April, the higher they get. That first weekend, you won't be bale to find thing under $100 a nite, and those will be the crappy places. Once we get an idea of how many are coming, I've got a couple of ideas to keep us busy.


BTW, Destroyer, that was cold:devil:

Either one of those weekends will work for me.

Thanks for including me in that Rouges Gallery!?!?...:bat:...Man this restaurant business is so day to day...but if ANY WAY I can make it down to Chuck Town for a V-20 raft-up, you know I'll be there...plus I get to see my kids down there...:sun:...plan for when the most peeps can make it...I'll most likely be there!!...:beer:

Naaa..take no offense Spare.. When I said ALL, I meant all... meaning that both North and South were finally united and no more blood was going to be spilt. People from the South could cross the Mason-Dixon going Northwards, and people from the North could cross the Mason-Dixon going Southwards without having to worry about getting shot.

Don't forget that I used to live in the South (St. Mary's. Georgia) and while my roots may be in the North there's a lot of affection in my heart for Southern folk. (and you can;'t hardly beat a good dry rub :love:)

no offense taken, it was an excellent response to my smart arss southern hospitatliy.

And Reel, any one bringing food is allways included

Well I have advised the CEO she is going to Charleston, let me know when. I want to bring my Hydra 2250 but my trailer aint the best for over the road trips so I got to figure this out.
Count me in.

willy I know a place in jersey that has some nice new shiney ones ......gitty up brother...:sun::sun::sun:

this sounds like a good time. You guys can count me in. The wife doesn't take long road trips too good. I'm going to have to give her a tranquilizer or something but we'll get there. Hey Willy, too bad my trailer isn't a bunk I would take both our boats at once. It's long enough and can handle almost 10k lbs.

Wow, that would be a land train!

time changes the seconded weekend in March, so we will get that benefit with our currnet dates. I'm ging to warn you guys again, if you're tring for just a three day weekend, you're going to leave wanting much more. If any one wants to arrive earlier in the week, I'm thinking about a run from Lake Moultrie down to the harbour.Friday morning thing. Its about 50 miles by water. ramps are plentiful, I can get some one to shuttle us all back to the trucks after we tie up downtown. Any one have a specific idea or site they want to see, speak up, I'll get the details for you

I am hoping to be there!! i am scheduled for surgery sometime in March so we will see??

So we are talking the weekend of the 25/26th it seems.. I have every intention of going but I'll be flyin solo. Being that the wife works in a school aint no such thing really as vacation days when you only work 180 to start with.

I proposed the weekend of the 19th, Luberslinger is pushing for the 25th. Either one will work for me. Ya'll cehck your schedlues and see what will work.

This far out doesnt matter to me.

Unfortunately, where I live is in a flood zone. End of March thru all of April is prime time for spring floods. It usually is just an annoyance for me (access roads closed kinda thing) but we've had two really nasty floods in the last 4 years. Last year, due to a sump pump failing and a faulty gasket on a barrier I awoke to 24" of water in my basement. I'm still counting losses and repairing damage from that flood. Bottom line is I simply cannot take the chance of being away from the house during that time period. I'd love to go, but I'll have to pass.:sad:

the week of the 25 th or the week before is fine but we need to make it concrete as my wife will be taking time off from work and will need notice.. as for me I'm the chief cook and bottle washer so I can take time when ever I want as long as my wife says its ok ....hahaha

so with that said 25/26 th is my final vote .

the weatehr my be a little more stable the weekend of the 19th, it historicaly blows towards the end of March