LAND HO! GET ME THE HELL OFF THIS BOAT!

ALL,

WE LEFT BEAUFORT AND HEADED SOUTH.  BEAUFORT WAS BEAUFORTABLE BUT IT WAS TIME TO MOVE ON.  GET IT BEAUFORTABLE...

LEAVING EARLY WE GOT IN OUR GROOVE AND MADE ALL THE RIGHT NAVIGATION DECISIONS.....

CAPTAINS LOG:  IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THIS SPOT AGAIN, TURN AROUND, YOU ARE GOING THE WRONG WAY.  THIS RIVER PROBABLY HAS A NAME, HOWEVER, WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT THE REAL NAME IS.  WE SHALL ALWAYS CALL IT "WRONG RIVER". 

JIBBER - "WE REALLY ARE GETTING GOOD AT RUNNING THE BOAT"
JABBER- "I KNOW"
JIBBER -"WHERE THE HELL ARE WE"
JABBER -"ARE WE ON THE RIGHT RIVER?"
JIBBER-"WHAT RIVER ARE WE ON?"
JABBER-"I DUNNO"
JIBBER-"WHAT RIVER IS THIS CAPPY TAN?"

CAPPY-"THE WRONG DAMN RIVER"

ALANA AT THE HELM AND CAPPY LOOKING AT THE CHARTS

SHARING THE ROAD ALONG HILTON HEAD ISLAND

PASSING HILTON HEAD-
GEORGE THINKING- FULLSIZE COUCH AND SATELLITE TV
BARNEY THINKING  - CAN I SWIM THAT FAR?
SANDY AND ALANA THINKING - HOW MUCH WOULD 3% COMMISSION BE ON THAT ONE?

CAPTAINS LOG:  WHEN THE GOOD LORD GIVES YOU A SIGN, YOU BETTER BE SMART ENOUGH TO RECOGNIZE IT....  WE LANDED AT ISLE OF HOPE AND PUSHED THE PAUSE BUTTON ON THIS TRIP. 

UPON DISEMBARKING, WE WANDERED THE MARINA IN SEARCH OF AWARD WINNERS.  ROGER MARTIN, IS THAT YOU????


ONCE WE COMMITTED OURSELVES TO LEAVING SLOW ROLL AT THE ISLE OF HOPE, WE SET ABOUT CLEANING, PACKING, FIXING, AND DRINKING.

CAPPY TAN - PROVIDES CLEAR DIRECTION ON HOW AND WHERE HE WANTS HIS CREW TO SCRUB THE HULL

AFTER NUMEROUS FAILED ATTEMPTS, JABBER REARS BACK AND PROVIDES HER THOUGHTS ON THE TASK.  SHOWN HER USING HER "NOT SO FRIENDLY FACE"

HAVING HAD ENOUGH FUN WASHING THE BOAT, THE GIRLS VENTURE INTO SAVANNAH IN SEARCH OF A GOOD TIME, BIG MAC .....AND RENTAL CAR.

WE SAID GOODBYE TO OUR FRIENDS WENDY AND JOHN.

 

BARNEY FINDS A GOOD SPOT IN THE RENTAL CAR AND REFUSES TO GET OUT.

THE LAST NIGHT OF OUR TRIP - SIPPING CHAMPAGNE UNDER SPANISH MOSS AND ENJOYING A SOUTHERN FULL MOON.

WE LAUGHED ABOUT OUR ADVENTURE AND REFLECTED ON ALL THAT WE HAD EXPERIENCED THUS FAR.  WHAT AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE, WE ARE TRULY BLESSED.

UPON ARRIVING BACK TO THE BOAT OUR WISE CAPPY TAN PROVIDED YET ANOTHER LEARNING OPPORTUNITY - "Girls, you can test light bulbs until you go blind, but if it ain't plugged in, it just ain't gonna work" 

PRIOR TO OUR DEPARTURE, ALANA FOUND THIS CARD - SHIP OF FOOLS WITH BARNEY SERVING AS A LOYAL COMPANION. 

ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL!

TONIGHT WE SPEND OUR FIRST NIGHT BACK IN OUR OWN BEDS....  GLAD TO BE HOME BUT ALMOST CERTAINLY DREAMING OF PORTS SOUTH AND HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE.  SLOW ROLL WILL REST QUIETLY WHILE WE ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND DECIDE WHAT TO DO NEXT.

LOVE TO ALL.

BIG BOATS, BUDDA FINGERS AND BUTTS GALORE!

ALL,

WHY NOT HEAD SOUTH DURING THE WINTER?  WHY EXACTLY DO WE FREEZE OR NINNIES OFF FOR 3+ MONTHS?  THIS SHIP OF FOOLS IS STILL HEADED SOUTH AND LIKING IT!

CHARLESTON PROVIDED MUCH NEEDED RELAXATION IN A BIG CITY ENVIRONMENT.  WE WANDERED AROUND AND CHECKED OUT BOATS. 

GEORGE SUGGESTED WE COULD USE A LITTLE MORE SPACE.  PERHAPS SEPARATE AREAS FOR THOSE WHO WANTED TO WATCH THE DAY GO BY AND REFLECT ON THE GOOD THINGS.....  AND SPACE FOR THOSE WHO WANTED TO JIBBER JABBER CONSTANTLY, ETC. 

THE LITTLE BOAT WAS CUTE, HOWEVER, THIS ONE HAD THE SEPARATION HE WAS LOOKING FOR....

WE SAID GOODBYE TO CHARLESTON AND HEADED TO BEAUFORT.

BEAUFORT IS A GREAT SOUTHERN TOWN WITH TONS OF HISTORY. 

TO OUR SURPRISE, WE ARRIVED IN TOWN ON THE SAME DAY AS THE CHRISTMAS PARADE.  SEEING SANTA DOWN HERE WITH ALL THESE PALM TREES GOT US TO THINKING....

• HOW DOES HE STAY COOL WHEN HE DELIVERS TOYS TO THE SOUTH??  HE IS ALWAYS DRESSED FOR THE NORTH POLE...
• DOES HE REALLY WEAR A UNION SUIT?  THAT WOULD BE HOT AS HELL.
• WHAT COLOR IS IT?  RED?  WHITE?

PROBABLY NOT WHITE WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE FACT THAT HE IS LANDING A BIG ASS SLEIGH ON THE TOP OF STEEP ROOFS AND LITTLE HOUSES....     

THEY HAD A TREE LIGHTING PLANNED.....AND SHE WAS A BIG ONE.

SPEAKING OF BIG ONES, THIS GUY WAS ABOUT TO GET A HANDFUL OF GRADE A PRIME ANGUS.... 

COME TO THINK OF IT, IT LOOKS LIKE GEORGE MIGHT HAVE HIS HANDS FULL ALSO....

IN THE CLEANING MOOD, SANDY GOES IN SEARCH OF LOST ITEMS BEHIND THE STOVE.  WHY DO YOU ASK?  NOT REALLY SURE.... 

WE FOUND A GREAT RESTAURANT IN BEAUFORT - EMILY'S.  OUR SERVER (ANN) WAS GREAT.  GEORGE WAS SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE CARDINALS GAME AND SHOUTED OUT LOUD THAT THEY WERE "THE BIG WIENERS"  NOT SURE ANYONE ELSE UNDERSTOOD THE HUMOR....WE LAUGHED AND LAUGHED

ON THE WAY HOME ALANA DROPPED ALL HER STUFF........ AND FUMBLED THROUGH GATHERING IT ALL BACK UP.



TECHNOLOGY OVER TAKES THE GIRLS

A FEW PORTS BACK, ALANA DECIDED TO GET AN IPAD.  SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.  NOT TO BE OUT DONE, SANDY BROKE DOWN AND BOUGHT HER OWN IN BEAUFORT.

IPADS ARE SOOO COOL

 

EVERYTHING AT YOUR FINGERTIPS - ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE

WE FOUND A GREAT LITTLE COFFEE SHOP WITH A VIEW OF THE WATER AND DECIDED TO SIT A SPELL.

WE TOOK OUR IPADS AND WENT OFF WANDERING IN SEARCH OF HISTORICAL HOMES.  AFTER THE HOME TOUR, WE HAD LUNCH A HEMINGWAY'S.  BEAUFORT IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND VERY CHARMING.

WE FOUND FOREST GUMP'S CHURCH

AND THE HOUSE WHERE THEY FILMED THE BIG CHILL

WE WENT IN SEARCH OF THE ARTS......AND KINDA SORTA FOUND IT 

GEORGE SPENT HIS TIME SEARCHING FOR LARGER ACCOMMODATIONS....

AS OF WRITING THIS, BARNEY HAS ESCAPED FROM THE BOAT 3 TIMES.  WITH THE BOAT FULLY LOCKED, DOORS SHUT, ALL CLOSED UP.......   BARNEY FIGURED OUT HOW TO PULL ON THE ZIPPER AND ESCAPE THROUGH THE BACK CURTAIN AREA OF THE BOAT.  HIS COLLAR PROVIDED HIS CAPTORS WITH SANDY'S CELL NUMBER AND WE GOT HIM BACK.  HE IS SUPER DUPER PLEASED TO BE BACK....

THIS PICTURE IS NOT VERY GOOD - WE ARE STILL FIGURING OUT OUR IPADS.  TRAVELING AS FAR AS WE HAVE, WE STILL MANAGED TO BUMP INTO FRIENDS - WENDY AND JOHN FROM HOME.

WE WILL SPEND TONIGHT IN BEAUFORT WITH PLANS TO LEAVE FOR PORTS SOUTH TOMORROW.  BY SUNDAY, WE HOPE TO BE AT THE FLORIDA LINE IN BRUNSWICK GA.  WE PLAN TO LEAVE THE BOAT AT THE TWO WAY MARINA FOR A MONTH AND GET HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. 

AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, WE HOPE TO CONVINCE GEORGE TO RETURN TO THE SHIP OF FOOLS....AS OF TODAY, HE SAYS THERE IS NOT ENOUGH DRUGS OR ALCOHOL TO MAKE HIM DO IT.  WE THINK HE WILL CHANGE HIS MIND AFTER THE FIRST REALLY COLD DAY AT HOME.....

MORE NEWS IN A FEW DAYS.  LOVE TO ALL.





 

FROM PINES TO PALMS....

ALL,

WE HEADED SOUTH FROM WRIGHTSVILLE AND STOPPED IN HOLDEN BEACH.  AFTER A LONG LONG DAY, WE DOCKED AND GEORGE WANTED/NEEDED A BREAK.  JIBBER JABBER CAN GET A LITTLE OVERWHELMING.  ADD TO IT THE CONSTANT NEED TO DIRECT AND REDIRECT, AND WELL, YOU REALLY NEED A BREAK....

 
"PUSHY PUSHY PUSHY" IS HOW GEORGE DESCRIBED HIS DARLING BRIDE....

OUR NEW FRIEND LORENZO STOPPED BY FOR A SPELL.  AFTER A FEW MINUTES HE FOUND AN EXIT, AFRAID FOR HIS LIFE THAT HE MIGHT BE THE NEXT VICTIM - FORCED TO BECOME PART OF THE SHIP OF FOOLS CREW.  BARNEY TRIED TO LEAVE WITH HIM, BUT WAS APPREHENDED.

HEADED SOUTH THE NEXT DAY WE WENT FROM PINES....

TO PALMS.

ALONG THIS PORTION OF THE TRIP, FLIPPER AND HIS FRIENDS RAN ALONG WITH US. 

CAPPY TAN AND SEEBEE (AKA "JIBBER")

BETWEEN HOLDEN BEACH AND GEORGETOWN, WE HEADED INTO A LITTLE HOLE IN THE WALL MARINA CALLED "OSPREY"

GETTING TO OSPREY FELT LIKE WE WERE HEADED INTO A "DELIVERANCE" FILM SET. GEORGE SAID IF HE HEARD BANJO MUSIC HE HAS TURNING AROUND AND GETTING THE HELL OUT OF HERE...

HAVING NOT SEEN VERY MANY UNIQUELY NAMED NAUTICAL ENTERPRISES ALONG THE WAY, SANDY MADE SURE TO CAPTURE THIS ONE....OSPREY MARINA GRILL.

AFTER WALKING IN THE DOOR SHE INQUIRED IF THEY "SOLD ICE"???

ONCE IN OSPREY, SANDY (AKA "JABBER") SET UP A NEW TEMPORARY OFFICE IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM.

WE AWOKE TO A BEAUTIFUL COOL MORNING, AND HEADED SOUTH TO GEORGETOWN.

ALANA'S GOOD STINK WEARS OFF.......OR IS THAT SOMETHING ELSE???

A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO GEORGETOWN, GEORGE PUT HIS FOOT DOWN AND TOLD JABBER TO "CLEAN UP THIS PLACE OR WALK THE PLANK".  JABBER, KNOWING THE CAPPY TAN IS IN CHARGE DECIDED THE OVEN WAS A CONVENIENT PLACE TO STORE SELDOM USED ITEMS........

UPON ARRIVAL IN GEORGETOWN, JIBBER AND JABBER DECIDED TO COOK.....

SHIP OF FOOLS LESSON # 3 (OR IS IT 4)??

PRIOR TO TURNING ON THE OVEN, IT IS PRUDENT TO REMOVE ALL PLASTIC APPLIANCES STORED INSIDE.  OTHERWISE, YOU RISK FIRE AND A SMELL SO STRONG IT MAKES NEIGHBORS UNCOMFORTABLE.... 

IN GEORGETOWN, SANDY BOUGHT A CELLULAR COMPUTER MODEM AND ALANA BOUGHT AN IPAD.  HOLED UP IN THE OSPREY LAUNDRY ROOM TRYING TO GET ONLINE WAS ENOUGH TO DRIVE THESE 2 TIGHTWADS INTO THE STORE FOR "BOAT CONNECTIVITY TOOLS"

HEADED SOUTH TOWARDS CHARLESTON, SANDY TOOK THE HELM FOR A SPELL.  ALANA TOOK THIS PIC FROM HER NEW IPAD - HER NEW TOY MADE HER FORGET ELVIS FROM A FEW STOPS BACK...

AFTER A LONG BUT PRETTY DAY, WE ARRIVED IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON.  GEORGE WANTED A LIBATION.....SANDY DROPPED IT.....  HANG IN THEIR GEORGE!  SEEING BRIDGES, CARS AND OTHER BOATS, BARNEY STARTED THINKING THIS COULD BE HIS BEST CHANCE FOR AN SPCA.....  GEORGE WAS HAVING SIMILAR THOUGHTS BUT OF A QUIET LITTLE "SINGLES" RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.....

ONE OF THE SMALLER BOATS DOCKED NEAR BY. 

CAPPY TAN TOOK A BREAK TO WATCH GEORGIA VS LSU IN THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.  THE FIRST QUARTER WAS GREAT.  GO DAWGS!

THE SECOND HALF, NOT SO GREAT.  GO DAWGS QUICKLY BECAME GOING DOWN DAWGS. 

NOT SURE IF WE WILL SPEND THE DAY IN CHARLESTON ON SUNDAY OR CONTINUE SOUTH.  EITHER WAY, WE WILL LEAVE OUR MARK AND MAKE URBANNA PROUD.

LOVE TO ALL.