Day #293 - Oriental, NC
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »We had a wonderful dinner at Oriental Steamers last night and met a terrific local couple. Mary and George Duffie have lived here for many years and are boaters. We had inquired at the marina earlier in the day about renting ...
Day #292 - Oriental, NC
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »When we woke this morning the rains had stopped but it was still chilly and overcast. After checking several weather and wind websites we decided to leave Beaufort and threw off our lines at 9:45. It felt strange leaving without our ...
Day #291 - Beaufort, NC
Monday, May 18th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | 3 Comments »It rained all night long. We got so much rain that it set a record, 2.4 inches. When it rains that hard and that long boats tell you where the weak spots are and the VIP stateroom sprung a small ...
Day #290 - Beaufort, NC
Sunday, May 17th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Last night was a bit of a rough night in Wrightsville. The marina is actually just a face dock located right on the ICW and almost under a bridge. Boat traffic was heavy all night which makes for a rough ...
Day #289 - Wrightsville Beach, NC
Saturday, May 16th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »We left South Carolina and headed to North Carolina at 6:45 this morning. Traveling on the ICW on a Saturday you always know you will run into lots of boat traffic. The ICW is narrow in many spots and the markers ...
Day #288 - Myrtle Beach, SC
Friday, May 15th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Last night we walked up to a local restaurant and had dinner. Andy ran into a lady who looked familiar and Patti ran into even more. We were glad to report that our Red Wings won their game and now advance to ...
Day #287 - Myrtle Beach, SC
Thursday, May 14th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | 2 Comments »We left Georgetown at 7:15 this morning under overcast skies. As we move up the inter-coastal waterway the landscape is beginning to remind us of the way it looked on the Tombigbee River. We are even seeing the reemergence of ...
Day#286 - Georgetown, SC
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Woke to a cool morning, much cooler than we are used to lately. Andy, Patti and I walked to the Shrimp Dock for a little fresh seafood. They have a local snowy egret named Wilbur who frequents their store daily. Rumor ...
Day #285 - Georgetown, SC
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »We left beautiful Charleston this morning at 7:00. It was a bit overcast and the temperature had dropped during the night as a front passed through. About an hour into the trip this morning the sprinkles began and it was ...
Day #284 - Charleston, SC
Monday, May 11th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »Today is our last day in beautiful Charleston. Time to get a few chores done and get ready to shove off early in the morning for Georgetown, SC. We will move every day or every other day for the next ...
