My apologies, Your Honor

Hello all :)

I am updating you from Harbor Town Yacht Basin in Hilton Head, SC.

I'm sure you'll be excited to see pictures of me actually working (I know some of you doubt.)
Alice took these as we were leaving Isle of Hope.

Our trip from Isle of Hope to Hilton Head was less than 3 hours. After we got in, I took some pictures of the boat. WITH our fender cleats- we're fancy.

                                   

This morning I was able to sleep in a little before I started washing the boat. Also, Barry compounded and waxed the port side. The low floating dock was too good an opportunity to miss out on- and I got to help. yippee. most fun ever.
The upside though is, she sparkles!

The boat across the marina from us is named Good Judgement. Good name, awful spelling. However, I just now read the "judgement" with the extra "e" is the act or process of judging in a court of law. So, the owner's a lawyer. Or a judge. They're being cute. I get it. Who knew there were two spellings? We do now- you're welcome.

Tomorrow we're leaving at sunrise for Charleston- YAY! It's going to be a long day- 9ish hours. Long enough to get plenty of chores finished before we get there.














I'm excited to get to Charleston. We'll be there for a while. I'll update you with pictures soon!

If you're happy and you know it, leave me comment-love!

THE Prince Diamond?!

Hello friends and family!

I am writing about our travels from a marina just outside of Savannah, Georgia. We have had two long, but pleasant traveling days so far.

We stayed on the boat Thursday night- here's a semi-sunset picture for you:

Then we left Doctors Lake at sunrise Friday morning and I set my breakfast down long enough to take some pictures- just for you!

Buckman Bridge:

We have had two very pleasant traveling days. I took some great pictures of our trip through downtown Jacksonville.

The Cummer:

EverBank:

Once we got a little north of the stadium, THREE dolphins joined us! They seemed to be enjoying our wake very much. I took 3 pictures and this is the best one. It is very difficult to take a picture of a happy dolphin from a moving boat.

We had a very pleasant encounter with a sailboat named "Prince Diamond."

With a name like that, I feel like we should know who he is. This encounter prompted a lively conversation between Alice and me about the new Liberacci movie. Matt Damon is going to be in it? And everyone's ok with this?
I digress. My apologies.

On a lighter note, Zephyrhills makes sparkling water: raspberry-lime or orange flavored. It is wonderful and you should try it.
Perhaps with a little vodka.
You're welcome.

Friday night, Barry and Alice's friends Grace and Leo joined us for a very yummy supper at the Coastal Kitchen at Morningstar marina. I had blackened redfish. Best fish I've ever had. We'll likely catch up with Grace and Leo later on as well.

Saturday we didn't leave Brunswick until 10 AM because we had to accommodate for some low tides along the way. I spent little time on the bridge; most of today I was working on Hemingway homework. I learned quite a bit: Ernest and Hadley's son John Hadley Nicanor Hemingway was born in October of 1923. They called him "Bumby."

That's all for today, we'll catch up with everyone once we get to Hilton Head!

They're all my favorite sunset.

Welcome back! It has been a while since this site has been active, but we're headed out again next weekend! This trip will be a quick one, so we'll have to squeeze in the fun! We are headed up to Charleston for another Outer Reef rendezvous. We will take a week to get there, we'll spend a week in Charleston, and then take a week to get back. I can't wait to get back on the water and see some friends we haven't seen in a while! (And I'm sure I'll make some new ones too!)
My sweet roommate gave me a "bon voyage" note and a check list, which should make the pictures I upload fairly interesting...

Let me know if Roomie forgot anything I should be looking out for and I hope you all enjoy reading about our adventures!

Catch ya later!

p.s. I've just recently started an American Lit class that focuses on Ernest Hemingway's masterpieces, so you may get to read about how happy that makes me as well. Depending on how that makes you feel, I'm sorry... or you're welcome!

p.p.s. Those of you who are into specifics should check out Outer Reef's home site. This link will take you to Risky Business' specs.

Fernandina to home! (don't mind the date!)

From Savannah, we went outside, enjoyed beautiful weather, and re-fueled once we got into Fernandina.

Barry and Alice's friends, Jim and Bo met us on the boat and took us to a great Spanish restaurant. We had a blast, ate amazing food, and took a great picture:

and I cleaned my plate. Shocking, I know.

Another great trip over... hopefully another one around the corner?

Savannah to Fernandina

Wednesday- we took the rental car into town. We wandered around, window shopped,
then had a great lunch at B&D's Burgers- "the best burger in Savannah!"
I agree! Mine had guacamole on it. yum-oh.

Thursday- we left Thunderbolt Marina at sunrise and I got a fantastic picture!
Thursday was a long day on the water, accompanied by about a bajillion dolphins and one ray! He came all the way out of the water- way cool! We got into St Simons after 3:00. Leo met us and drove us all to supper at Crabdaddy's on the island. Oh-em-gee, did I have some amazing shrimp! and it was Barry's genius idea to ask if we could have them two ways- so I had half blackened and half fried... boy, was I food-happy :) see? food-happiness.

Tonight we are in Fernandina- love this place :) I went for a walk, window shopped, people-watched. Tonight we have supper plans with Barry and Alice's friends Jim and Bo (sp?).
Tomorrow, we're leaving later than usual to catch all the tides at the right time.

I hope you all have enjoyed reading about our short little adventure! Ciao!

a red-hulled-Hinckley kind of day...

Yesterday was a relaxed day on the water from Beaufort, SC to Savannah. We stayed on the ICW... apparently if we had gone outside, we'd have had to go farther south to come back north. So we didn't. Alice took these pictures of us hanging out on the bridge:




Last night, we had supper with Barry's sister Ardra at Vinnie VanGoGo's and had some of the yummiest pizza ever! She was very interesting to get to know- she has a teaching degree- in English and art! Check out her blogspot!


Today I slept in a little, and had a Krispy Kreme doughnut for breakfast! Blood sugar crash, here I come! (That's ok... there's leftover pizza!)
I didn't put peanut butter on the doughnut. ew. I just can't.
To which Barry replied, "I buy you books and buy you books and all you do is eat the covers."
ha!

Today we have no plan- we may go into town a little later. Tomorrow we're headed to St Simons Island, then Fernandina on Friday, home on Saturday afternoon!

Thanks for reading!

"As long as the dock can hold itself together..."

Those would be the Captain's words. Not mine.
Although I may have laughed.
The dock does look a bit loved. weathered. I don't know... what's the correct adjective here?


Today was a beautiful day on the ICW:



Tomorrow we are headed to Savannah- you can count on more pictures!

Love and hugs :)

Where's Donald?

Friday: After we washed down the boat in the AM, I caught a ride to the Apple store in search of a charger for my iPod shuffle. If it dies before we get home, I might lose my mind. Have you ever tried to wash a boat without music? me neither. I can't imagine.
I get into the store and one employee promptly tells me they're out of that charger. Then she walks away. Another employee, standing right next to her, sees my face, apparently, and calls back to the stockroom to ask if they have ANY at all. They don't. I wasn't going cry. I told him we weren't leaving til Monday morning, would they get any in this weekend? He didn't know. "Hold on," he says, and he walks behind the counter, digs through his backpack and hands me the charger I need. "Just bring it back," he says. I was confused. "You're not leaving til Monday, you said, right? Just bring it back to me."
Joy was restored again!
I called the marina and caught a ride back, happy as a clam!
When we got back to the marina, I found Grace and Leo, the Captain's friends, in the parking lot! We had yummy cheeseburgers on the bridge. What a great day!

Saturday: I decided to start my day off with coffee from City Lights. I remembered it being wonderful the last time I was in town. Upon entering, I had to walk past a sweet old homeless man who told me he liked my skirt. Then something mumbled. "Llamas?" I asked. "No! I like the pockets!" he said, slightly less mumbly. It was then I remembered my skirt doesn't even have llamas on it. They're zebras. I thanked him and got my coffee.
Upon exiting City Lights, I got to walk past the same sweet old homeless man. "How do you spell Jehovah?" he asked. "Like Jehovah!"
"J-E-H-O-V-A-H." I said.
"OK, how do you spell Psalms? Like where you find Jehovah!"
"P-S-A-L-M-S."
"Thank! and here you go- you can save $2 on a carriage ride!" he offers.
"Oh, I'm not going on a carriage ride, but thank you."
"No," he whines, "but you can save $2!"
I took it.
(and for the record, I made a delicious pot of coffee on the boat this morning.)

From there, I went back to the Apple store to give Raymond his charger. Then I shopped my way down to the farmer's market at the end of King St.








I could have found something at every booth! and everyone was so friendly!
I left there and walked up Meeting St which is where I found a house I could live in:


and took a picture of the Methodist church:



and the fire station:

Then I got back on King St and found a yummy lunch at The Kickin Chicken before I walked back towards the farmer's market and met up with the gang. They still had shopping to do- I tagged along. Once we got hungry again, we wandered through the city market to Carolina's for supper. )Thanks, John Coyle!) Yum-oh! I had shrimp n' grits. So good.
I tried to remember to get the picture before we scarfed our food down, but I got sidetracked. oh well.
Today, I'll take more pictures. I'm headed into town again.

Thanks for reading! We'll be home in 6 days! yikes! :)