A quick week on the move. A great stop at Hilton Head where Kristy and Michael Gonzalez, our neighbors daughter and son-in-law, hosted us and loaned us their car to re provision.
We really enjoyed our time together. Then on to Beaufort and a rendezvous with the Pat and Stew Stewart who hauled our mail and a spare anchor up from Fort Walton, a great kindness. We went to church Sunday at another ancient Baptist Church full of "tradition". Unfortunately we got put in our age group for Sunday school. We had several nice visits with Pat and Stew and toured Pat's home town.
Then off to Charleston for lunch at Pogans Porch with our new boat friends Jason and Laura on Blue Blaze a 38' Babba sloop. Charleston is still a magnificent walking town and gets better with each passing visit. We were docked at the Maritime Center operated by the city right in the heart of town, rolly from passing wakes but most convenient to everything.
Thursday onward to Georgetown, gem from the past, 40 miles or so North. . The boat was doing fine but we "ran out of gas" so parked in a downtown marina for two days to recharge our batteries. We rode our bikes around town this afternoon enjoying the unspoiled beauty of the old houses many dating to the mid 1700's. The old homes invite you to sit a spell on the front porch and sip cool mint tea.
Tomorrow off to Myrtle Beach and North Carolina, the last state to cross before our destination, the Chesapeake Bay. We will post a few more pictures of these meanderings at picasaweb.google.com/lropka
when we get to a high speed cell area, hopefully in Myrtle Beach.
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