Beaufort, SC

 

 

    Got up bright and early having spent a quiet night at anchorage in a small bay just off the waterway. During the night we had scare when the boat who we were anchored beside was now gone. We spent a few tense moments trying to figure out if it was us or them who was dragging the anchor. Both side of the bay was shallow, but we seemed to be right int the middle. Always, always, always these things happen when it's dark. I had taken a bearing off a small dock, and it seemed we were in the same place. Not so for our friends on Dream Chaser who spent the night drifting around the bay trying to get there achor to grab. Soon as they repositioned, set the anchor and got comfortable, or layed down, they started to move again. They had a very restless night.  Sorry, I  slept like a baby.

Another strange site we saw lately, one that I had put on Facebook was a deer swimming in the waterway. He was going to go completly across but as we got close to him he turned around and swam back to the bank he came from. Probably to try it later.

Only travelled about 30 miles today. We had intended to do more, but Mother Nature had other plans for us. The dawn brought heavy fog, so we had to wait for it to burn off.

 When we started going, we had tide and current to deal with. After getting close to Beaufort, we had reduce speed to time the bridge opening, which only opens on the hour and half past. We continued past own and pulled into Port Royal Landing Marina.

When we got up this morning the forecast predicted rain so we decided to stay one more and let it pass. We also had to have ane electical problem taken care of. Somehow a ground cable came loose and fell onto the driveshaft which caused it wear almost through. We found a guy, thanks to the marina staff who came to dock and had it fixed in less than 1/2 hour. Total cost.........20 bucks. Who said there aren't honest people in this world.

 We then did a fast tour of downtown Beaufort by using the courtesy car. Most houses have large Living Oak trees on the front lawn draped in Spanish Moss. Absolutly stunning.

Tomorrow we are moving on to Georgia, a new state.