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.