It's Regatta Season in Charleston

The big fun for non regatta sport fans is to take a ride with
this high speed boat

Spinnakers in many colors are gliding by the Ravanel-Bridge

A breezy sea and Charlestons pretty skyline in the background

It looks for me more like a chaotic sailing than something organized I'm used to see in regattas - I believe, it must have been just the training turn

And why the *heck* is this private yacht searching his way between all those sailing boats? There was enough space all around the boats. Click in the picture to see closer that for me pretty dangerous looking situation.

But after all, it was a great and colorful sports event in front of a wonderful background: The Ravanel Bridge of Charleston. I love regattas!

A BigThunderstorm Is Moving In

I promised you some days ago to show you more of those very dramatic thunderstorm clouds moving in over our heads, out of James Island.
A fantastic play of mother nature!

There were dark clouds out on the water...

and more dark clouds in the back...

and in between was the sun shining trough and made this dynamic scene

Big international traffic by the Ravanel bridge

Dolphins were swimming in groups in the bay area

A pretty place to sit down and relax, to watch and to enjoy nature

These five dogs needed a cool bath too on that hot
summer day late afternoon

Also friends found some time together to chat, watching the fishing pelicans and the boats going by. I love to enjoy afternoons like this!

My Wordless Sunday #24 - in Charleston, SC

On a Cloudy and Windy Day Like This....

Pretty clouds make a nice back ground

Charleston seen from James Island

Container ship docks in the harbor

Private boat docks going out to the water

The wind was blowing me almost away :-)

A very small but pretty beach

A close up with my long lens of the Ravanel bridge - it looks like the bridge is just around the corner, right?

It was a pretty afternoon yesterday, the wind was blowing like crazy and the clouds were fantastic in the sky. I like to feel the wind on my skin and to smell the salty water, watching people at the beach and capturing some great moments in time. I have more pictures tomorrow about this small spot out somewhere on Johns Island in Charleston, so stay tuned! :-)

Fort Johnson, Charleston SC

View from Fort Johnson to the Ravanel bridge

That's Fort Sumter far back on the horizon
(click in the photo to see it bigger)

As history tells: this was the spot where the civil war started with a cannon shot over to Fort Sumter
(click in the photo to read the text)

Today a circa 1820s brick powder magazine and a section Confederate earthworks are some of the surviving elements of the fort

I'm not sure, but I think this is one of the research boats from the Marine Research Institute located around Fort Johnson.

Fort Johnson

What is left of Fort Johnson? Built in the early 1700s, the fort was expanded and improved during the French and Indian War, American Revolution, and War of 1812. During this same time the fort was damaged was hurricanes and storms. By the time of the Civil War only a few structures remained and Confederate forces built earthworks on the site. Today a circa 1820s brick powder magazine and a section Confederate earthworks are some of the surviving elements of the fort.

For you who are interested in Charlestons history, please read more here about Fort Johnson

and here too:
http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/mrri/ftjohnson.html

Fishing Together and Some Water Scenes

Aren't they sweet...???

Not all of the catch is good for you! Check out this warning sign and remember it the next time you are sitting there and looking for the BIG catch.

Sea grass - grass in the sea

sitting on a dock on the bay....

View from the harbor to the big and impressive
Ravanel bridge over the Cooper River

The Waterfront Park

Sunday afternoon clouds and the impressive Ravanel Bridge seen from the Waterfront Park

David and Goliath

Make peace and NOT war!