Georgetown to Charleston - almost

Leaving Georgetown we had a bit more cruising through landcuts then on into the marshes that run along beside the barrier islands on the way to Charleston. Pretty straight forward and well marked. The tide was with us and we started to think we would make it to Charleston before dark. One little problem was that the swingbridge across the Intracostal closed from 4-6pm and it looked like we would arrive at the bridge around 420pm. Clearance for the bridge whne closed is 20 feet but the mast is 55 ft high so..... we would need to wait. By six it is pitch dark and we weren't interested in crossing the channel into this harbor without at least some daylight. Once we came to terms with yet another instance of time and tide waiting for no one, we decided to anchor in Dewee's creek not quite 10 miles out of Charleston. We turned off the ICW and 12 feet of water into the first unnamed creek off Dewees creek --and into 29 feet of water . I better look up the definition of creek! It was fairly early and the weather was really nice so I went kayaking. What a beautiful spot and what a gift that we couldn't make the bridge. Every imaginable bird was there, herons, pelicans,egrets. There were about 10 oystercatchers . Dolphins were fishing not 6 feet away, we could hear them breathing as they surfaced. The sunset was spectacular and turned the water pink and violet before it finally got dark. I am so glad we missed the bridge!