The wreck of Wonderstruck
Friday night we were involved in a boat accident. First of all let me just say that I am so grateful that we are all ok and no one got hurt. Here is what happened: We spent the day driving from Savannah to Brunswick. The last bridge just before we…
Returning home
June 24th we started heading back home. We set the alarm for 5 am to start our journey at dawn. We had only been going for an hour when we came to our first drawbridge. It was just after 6:30 and the drawbridge operator said it wouldn’t open until 9…
Charleston, SC
We spent the next day touring Charleston. We went on a walking tour with Mary Helen from Two Sisters Walking Tours . The tour lasted just over 2 hours and was absolutely fabulous. I can’t imagine visiting Charleston any other way. Mary Helen is vivacious, energetic, well spoken, and has lived…
Fort Sumter
One of the things that I wanted to do while in Charleston was to tour Fort Sumter. Ben had studied the Civil War this year as part of his American History class and I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to see this part of history in person. The marina…
The Megadock
We had an early start leaving Beaufort for Charleston. We knew it would take most of the day and didn’t want to be arriving after dark. I had my morning coffee on the trampoline with Brooke at my feet, what a perfect way to start the day! …
Emanuel AME, Charleston, SC
We were in Beaufort, SC when the tragic shooting occurred in the Emanuel AME Church of Charleston. The next day we came upon a candlelight gathering at the waterfront in Beaufort. People were gathered together, saying words of healing, words of unity, words of love and forgiveness. We continued our…
Engine problems
While in Beaufort we started having engine problems. First it was the dinghy motor, it kept not wanting to start and cutting out. It even cut out once when Ben and I were on the way from the mooring ball to the dock with a big bag of laundry. We…
Beaufort, SC
We were pleasantly surprised with how much we liked Beaufort, SC. En route I couldn’t help but sing: “Momma, don’t whup little Buford, Momma, don’t bang on his head, Momma, don’t whup little Buford You ought to just shoot him instead” The ICW in this area is a series of…
Hilton Head
We had a beautiful trip to Hilton Head, SC. The weather was hot, but with a nice breeze while underway. The anchorage just on the inside of Hilton Head Island was beautiful and was without much ambient light to conceal the glory of the night sky. In my excitement to hoist the…
Doing the math
While in Savannah we finally accomplished something we should have done a long time ago–we measured our mast. When we bought the boat it was advertised as being “ICW friendly”, although the boat had never been in US waters and thus had never actually travelled down the ICW. The rule…