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.