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Today was our last day in Beaufort and we spent it being lazy and enjoying the park…again. We also took a walk and looked at some of the beautiful homes, one more time. There is a ton of history in this town so I thought I’d share a little with you. If you’re not a fan of history you may want to skip this post.
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Downtown Marina Mooring Ball

“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” —Cynthia Ozick

Cruiser’s talk a lot about weather…I hope it doesn’t bore my blog readers. It’s a big part of cruising. Although it’s been very windy this week we’ve had beautiful weather for the most part and today was spectacular. We spent most of the day in the park just relaxing and soaking up the warm sunshine and what a great place it was to do it.
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Downtown Marina Mooring Ball

“Smile, breathe, and go slowly.” —Thich Nhat Hanh

The sun returned today and we had temperatures in the low 70s…a perfect day to ride bikes and enjoy a festival. We took the Spanish Moss Bike Trail back to Port Royal to enjoy the Soft Shell Crab Festival. Neither of us are real fans of soft shell crabs, but we did enjoy some other good seafood for lunch.
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Downtown Marina Mooring Ball

“Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.” —Grandma Moses

We knew today’s weather was going to be lousy…rain, wind and chilly. A good day to lie around, watch old movies and work on my pine needle baskets. It sounded like a good plan, until Stan realized the generator wasn’t working properly. Up came the floor in the salon so he could diagnose the problem. Thirty minutes later he had replaced a few blown fuses and we were back in business.
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Downtown Marina Mooring Ball

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” —Thornton Wilder

Stan and I both enjoy being on the water and we both like when we are moving along to new places, but it also feels nice to stay for awhile in one spot. It means we can have a slower mornings enjoying our coffee and watch things come alive on the water…that’s the kind of morning we had today.
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Downtown Marina Mooring Ball

Miserable people focus on what they hate about their life. Happy people focus on what they love about their life. ― Zig Ziglar

The weather further north is still a little cool, so we are going to hang out in Beaufort for a week…relaxing and do a little exploring. Beaufort is rich in history dating back to the 1500’s. After the Revolutionary War Sea Island cotton was introduced to this area and brought rapid increase in plantations and slaves, new wealth provided Beaufort elegant homes, fine libraries and some of the best preparatory schools in the south. So many men of state and national prominence were produced, that antebellum Beaufort was described as the “wealthiest most aristocratic and cultivated town of its size in America”.
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Downtown Marina Mooring Ball

“Let the sea breeze blow your hair, let the sunset bring tranquility to your heart, let the distant places you travel allow you to explore yourself.” —Somya Kedia

Today we woke up to drizzling rain but there was no wind, so it meant it was a good traveling day. We shoved off in our rain gear…after enjoying our free Krispy Kreme doughnuts provided by the marina. They taste so good and seem so light when you eat them, but a little later you feel like you have a lead weight sitting in your stomach. Good thing we decided against staying here for a week.
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Thunderbolt Marina

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it’s all that matters.”―Audrey Hepburn

It was a wonderful day to spend exploring Savannah…just warm enough for shorts but not hot enough to break a sweat as we walked from one beautiful sight to another. We walked a total of 6.92 miles today (I have a phone app that keeps track).
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Thunderbolt Marina

“The impulse to travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life.” ― Agnes Repplier

Today we arrived in Thunderbolt which is a suburb of Savannah. As soon as we were docked and settled in we called Uber and went into Savannah with Charlotte and Magnus. We spent the afternoon walking through a few of the beautiful parks and squares. Charlotte and I did a little shopping while the guys figured out where we should have dinner.
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