Day 14

We are still in Georgetown S.C.  It rained overnight and the wind picked up so you could hear the doors on the boat rattling.  Initially the day started out cloudy and the wind grew stronger as the day went on.  Eventually the sun came out and the temperature was in the mid 70’s.  It was a really nice day except for the wind.  Several boats in the marina said they saw 30 mph on their gauges, and one boat came in that said they saw 40 mph on the way in.  That is why we decided to stay put today.  It is expected to be more of the same tomorrow so we will be here for another day.  That will give me a chance to walk around town and take a few pictures.

 Actually the day was quite comfortable; Rick went summertime and put on shorts and a t-shirt with no shoes.  You can take the boy out of the country, but…..  One thing we did get accomplished since we have been here is finding a spark plug for the dinghy motor.  As you might remember the dinghy motor died on us when we were in Oriental and we missed our Thanksgiving turkey dinner.  Well, we put the spark plug in and pulled on the starter.  Nothing, drat.  Another pull, and voila, it fired right up and purred like a kitten.  There is joy in Mudville again.  Rick did a great job reaching the conclusion it was the spark plug and not some other phantom we might have been chasing down.  He does have skills, and I’m glad he was here.  So we are back in business and able to use the dinghy again

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Once we leave here I expect to be in Brunswick Georgia in about 6 days.  Of those 6 days, 4 will be spent at anchor, so it will be nice to have the use of the dinghy if we want to get off the boat.

 

Today was a kind of catch up day.  I had to make a few phone calls to clear up some issues; I did a load of laundry, including bed sheets.  I was kidding with Rick that I didn’t really have to do them, since Jan isn’t here, I could just sleep on her side of the bed and get double the time before I needed to wash them.  Of course he said, “why not just turn them over”.  You know, not a bad idea. That would certainly stretch things out a bit.  Of course, getting the laundry done took half the afternoon having to share two washers and two dryers between three people doing laundry during the same period.  No one was going anywhere with the wind howling, so why not do laundry.

A friend of ours gifted us some duck breasts from ducks he had shot, (remember, we are from the eastern shore of Md.).  I cut the meat from the carcasses and put them in the crock pot with some cream of mushroom soup, chicken broth, some carrots, and let it cook all day.  The smell was really appetizing.  Toward the end I added some brown rice and let it cook into the liquid in the crock pot.  Well that was dinner, and there were no leftovers.  It was quite tasty.

  Tomorrow we will be here again, planning to get back under way Thursday.

Until Tomorrow, over and out.