Ashley Marina (Charleston)We actually celebrated Valentines yesterday, because we couldn’t get a reservation at a decent time at our favorite restaurant. We went online and looked at menus at a number of different restaurants, but we decided on Magno…
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Feb. 12 – Mardi Gras
Ashley Marina (Charleston)The last few days have been windy, cool and wet! We’ve had 4-6” of rain…mostly at night, but doing anything during the day outside has been very difficult. Our boat is about ¼ mile from the parking lot…plenty of time …
Feb. 10 – Road Trip
Ashley Marina (Charleston)Stan and Donny have been busy working on boat project all week and needed a break…so Donny had the idea we needed a road trip. We drove up highway 17 to Georgetown; we stopped in McClenanville and looked around on the way up…
Feb. 9 – Process on Projects
Ashley MarinaStan has finished installing our new TV in the saloon. It’s mounted on the celling and folds up flat when we’re not using it. Donny gave him a wall fitting that he installed on the deck of the boat, next to the electrical hook ups, so the …
Feb. 8 – Pearlz
Ashley MarinaOne of our favorite places to go in Charleston is Pearlz, they have a nice happy hour with lots of fresh oysters, shrimp and fish. I don’t enjoy oysters, but Stan thinks they’re very good. From the amount of raw oysters they serve…th…
Feb. 5 – Back in Charleston
Ashley MarinaWe thought some of driving straight from our home in Texas to the boat, which is 19 hours, but decided we’d be useless today if we did. There’s always so much to do when we get back, so we stopped in Tallahassee last night, ha…
Feb. 4 – Charleston Bound
We’re packed and on the way back to the boat. We’ve enjoyed our time at home; Stan had a lot of fun building his new little boat. We’ll have more time to use it when we come home for Easter. We’re both excited about getting back to the bo…
Least Sandpiper
Cold winter days give me plenty of time to play with my Photoshop program…so much to learn and so fun.I just wish I could remember it all! It’s amazing how quickly you can turn an ordinary photo into something very special.I took pictures of this lit…
Jan. 17 – Maiden Voyage
The sun was out and the weather was finally nice, so we took the new boat out for a test run…everything was great. NO LEAKS! Stan will enjoy using it to fish from…when we’re home.
Jan. 12 – Boats to Build
“Days, precious daysRoll in and out like wavesI got boards to bend, I got planks to nailI got charts to make, I got seas to sailI’m gonna build me a boat with these two handsShe’ll be a fair curve from a noble planLet the chips fall where they …
