Catch up on our travels

Chris here

I'm behind on my entries so here goes...

Monday, April25

We left Isle of Hope Marina very early (7:01a.m.) before Kim could convince us to stay there forever.  It was a wonderful place and we will recommend it to anyone we can.  We crossed the Savannah River and entered Calibogue Sound, a pretty piece of water between the mainland and Hilton Head Island.  We passed the famous lighthouse at Harbourtown where the PGA had played a tournament (the Heritage at Sea Pines) that ended the day before.  Here's a picture of the Lighthouse...if you want a better view you'll have to go there yourself, sorry.

 We saw lots of jellyfish in the Sound and I can't figure out what they are called. They are round like a cantalope and they have an orange band around the 'equator'.  No tentacles streaming out that I could see.  I'll have to do more research.

 We made a short day of it and docked at The Downtown Beaufort Marina at 2:35p.m. which we had already checked out the week before by land.  We had also checked out the bars and restaurants so we knew where to go. Beautiful sunset.

Warren goofing off on the marina's courtesy car

 Tuesday, April 26
Left Beaufort and after running for 2 hours the weather turned bad.  We had very heavy rain and lightening.  I fired up the radar and but what really saved us was that Kerm kept us positioned on a nearby marker so that we could at least see where we were.   Two of our three GPS units were affected by the lightening and Kerm was one concerned captain for a little bit there.  Shallow water alarms were going off and he was soaked to the skin...too bad he didn't come down from the flybridge where I had a working chartplotter and warm, dry conditions.  Could have eliminated a near heart attack on his part.  Before long the GPS units recovered their senses and Kerm changed into dry clothes...all better.

We opted to stop before Charleston because the harbor is large and can be confusing if you are not fresh.  We pulled in to St. Johns Yacht Harbor which turned out to be a very high end spot with FIVE STAR bathrooms.  Nice clean showers and loos are very much appreciated by us cruiser types!

 

Warren still goofing around.

We were delighted when Sunset II pulled in a short time later.  Jack and Marsha are really nice people we have come to know and Oz, their dog, is super.  He does tricks and he likes me.

Jack, Marsha and Oz

  Enough for now...Chicken on the grill is ready and I'm hungry.  Will update more tonight.

 Love to all family and friends
Christie