Sleep Inn Beaufort

After spending most of the day in Charleston we arrived in Hilton Head after dark. I could make out the silhuettes of hundreds of palms, reminding us of CA. The 7x12 mile Island, or more acurately the peninsula has a number of gated/guarded "Plantations" or subdivisions. Timeshare developments are popular as wel found out during one of their ...

... Neptune's Bellows, a small break in the caldera wall which allows the ship to sail right into the bowl of the caldera. Inside we anchored in Whalers Bay and went ashore where we could see a few Gentoo Penguins, some Cape Petrels, Skuas and quite a few ruined buildings. It seems that the Norweigans set up a whaling station in 1911 that lasted until 1931. It as a very big operation with some 250 people working here. They had several very large storage and heating tanks ...

Dear Family and Friends,

Today we drove from Myrtle Beach to Ridgeland, out last stop in the Carolina's. We stopped off today at the USS Yorktown at a place called Patriots Point. A chance to have a good ...

First stop, A quick shot down the coast, through the true rural south passing rundown homes and a seemingly equal amount of rundown churches, to Edisto Beach to stay with Jazzman, one of my dear, good friends. He manages and tends bar at Grover's (the best restaraunt and bar on the beach) located on the Plantation Golf Course (one of my favorite that I've played in S.C.). Jazzman's popularity in this town pretty much allows him to do anything he wants. So he ...

... the Gullah Gullah Ghost Tour. Joe and oth**s are entirely convinced that the win**y is int**sected, or p**haps bett** said, "und**sected" by subt**ranean ley lines. According to Joe, to stand inside or around the win**y one finds themselves restored or invigorated with new life and can make one's head abuzz with strange und**standings of the univ**se or grants one c**tain pow**s of great** spiritual awareness. Of which he's only too happy to demonstrate to his guests! Often found at ...

WE LEFT SAVANNAH AND HEADED 64 MILES NORTH TO BEAUFORT,S.C.AS WE HEADED TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER WE HEARD SEVERAL CARGO SHIPS AND BARGES ALERTING NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND TRAFFIC OF THEIR APPROACH.WE ENTERED FIELDS CUT AT SOME WHAT LOW TIDE AND WAS CRUISING AT 8-10 KNOTS THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THUD,BUMP AND THE WHOLE BOAT LIFTED UP OUT OF THE WATER OVER SOMETHING WE BACKED DOWN AND ACCESSED THE SITUATION ALL SEEMED TO BE OKAY BUT WE DEFINITELY HIT SOMETHING.WHEN WE REACHED THE DOWNTOWN ...

... a wonderful thing to come back here to see!! The first cabin is in the restoration process now. The next morning we again take off to check out the "Interpretive Center" and the ocean side campground within the park. The Interpretive Center has been built "Green" and boasts of all its environmental friendly systems from paint to footprint to lighting and recycled water. It is beautiful and inspiring. We read about the recycling of oysters and find it interesting ...

... entrance and others made you re-direct a long way to get to where you wanted to go. And none of the maps indicated this! Nonetheless this is very atypical for the US - no big billboards, commercial malls are hidden behind trees and landscaping, there are traffic circles instead of lights, buildings do not exceed five stories etc. and I find it quite peaceful and charming. We walked to the local plaza for dinner as we're both tired of researching every move.

... grounded Beneteau. We headed back into deep water in the Wadmalaw River while circling around to re-check charts etc. The radar showed the Beneteau aground where the charts showed only deep water. (The Beneteau appeared to be aground SSW of Red No. 110 approximately at a point on the chart where there is shown a sounding of 17 feet). We watched the Catalina make her way slowly in past the grounded Beneteau. We noted it was now close to low ...

... recruits. Your gonna need it". He left and the the bus door slammed shut. There was no turning around. I turned to the guy next to me for comfort- it was Ray Morrissette from Watkins Glen! We would end up in the same platoon and being alphabetically close, turned out to be bunk mates. Ray and I survived Marine Corps bootcamp together. We have gone on to share one of the most incredible frienships I have endured on this planet. Forever, we are Marines ...