Our boat is a 100 footer. From 100 feet away, it looks OK. But if you get up close, not so much. As our long time followers know, we bought a boat that sat on the hard, uncovered, for 20 years. This is never goo…
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Marine Service in Beaufort SC. Shocking!!
I’m not sure exactly how to put this, so I’m just going to say it. Butler Marine is awesome. There.Those of you who follow this blog know that we bought an old boat and spent considerable time and money getting it up and running to ma…
Being A Tourist in Beaufort, SC
Wednesday was forecast to be sunny and warm, so we decided to totally bag anything remotely resembling work and be tourists. We’d walked most of historic Beaufort but didn’t know what we were looking at, other than beautiful homes, stately L…
"Following" Blogs
As of this writing, I am following 46 blogs, all but one about cruising. Pam and I have 47 people who follow our blog. Our blog gets 200 to 300 page views every day. So what does all this mean?Well, I follow blogs because I enjo…
Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.
Motoring down the Intracoastal Waterway is peaceful. The engines hum along, the critters are usually asleep, and I spend most of the time watching the world pass by. While I seldom ponder the problems of the world anymore, my br…
Hemingway’s in Beaufort, SC
Sunday started out with a pretty sunrise. I enjoy sunrises immensely. Maybe it’s the quiet, or the promise of a new day, but sunrises are always a pleasure. After snapping the pic above, the singing of birds caught my attention. …
Charleston to Beaufort, SC… the Day in Pictures
There are no transient marinas between Charleston and Beaufort. They’re 72 statute miles apart, a long trawler day. We left at 8 AM after walking the dogs.It wasn’t long before we got to our first bridge. We could fit under it s…
Walking Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina is the kind of place that makes you want to walk. The historic distric is wonderful. The people that can afford to buy these old homes must have plenty of dough because not only are they expensive to buy, but main…
Being A Tourist in Charleston
Face it. The ugly truth is that part of cruising is being a tourist. That means going to touristy places and taking photos of touristy things. Pam and I pursuaded Rod and Patti, our friends who have been here for the past month …
Georgetown to Charleston SC, the Day in A Lot of Pictures
From the feedback I’ve gotten from comments and emails about our blog, people seem to enjoy our posts that contain a lot of photos. I guess it’s true that one photo is worth a thousand words. If that’s the case, here’s 32,000 words for you …
