Saturday May 26th, we took a harbor tour around Charleston. Lots of activity on the water-front. Below is one of the tall ships which was undergoing some general cleaning and painting. How about that bow-sprint!

This young man was climbing up to the crows nest. It was a little gusty so he was hanging on tight!

Our tour boat went by Patriot"s Point, which is home to a naval museum which includes an aircraft carrier, a destroyer and a submarine. We may be in Charleston for a while due to the tropical storm Beryl so this museum might be a good place to visit.

This beautiful cable bridge across the harbor glistens in the sunlight . Our tour boat captain took us under the bridge and then asked us to hold our ears as he blew the horn. The horn blast created a loud echo while we were under the structure. This bridge not only holds auto traffic but has a walk-way and bike path.

We also went past Fort Sumter and learned that the fort was attacked by the union for 18 months with zillions of shells. So the fort is just a smidgen of the original structure as a result  of the relentless shelling

Another view of the bridge!

These tall cranes are used to load freighters. There is a BMW car plant not far from here and the cars are shipped from these loading docks and put on "roll-on-roll-off" freighters.

We walked around the City Market which was crowded with tourists. Lots of activities during this holiday week-end so we shouldn't get bored waiting for a weather window because of the tropical storm.