November 26, 2010

Hi again---

Just couldn't resist adding these two shots for a couple of reasons.   The cormorant is Fred's new best friend.  They were hanging out together on the dock at, as you can see, high tide.  The second shot is Fred's chair about six hours later.  Gives you a good awareness of the SC tidal range!  Six feet? Eight? Another place we notice it is at the bridge to the floating dock.  At high tide it is a level walk--as the water disappears, the ramp drops to about a 45 degree angle.  Challenging--especially if you're pulling or pushing a loaded cart!

November 24, 2010

Hello and a happy Thanksgiving to all!  And we do have so very much to be thankful for!

For openers, Fred and I are  together again aboard YOUNG AMERICA.  I’d spent a month in Newburgh with grandson Matthew, who now is living in Greene County, NY.  Fred met me at the airport in Savannah last Wednesday and ‘twas oh, so good to be back!

On Friday we hopped in the Burb and went to Brunswick, GA, where Fred joined Mike Borum aboard SEA DREAM.  While they cruised leisurely to Fernandino Beach and then Jacksonville, I drove to Lake City, FL and spent a day with long time friend, Lorraine Kirkland.  We had a great visit, and then I rejoined the travelers at JAX Landing. We each motored up the St. John’s River to Green Cove Springs, where SEA DREAM will be docked for awhile.

We delivered Mike back to his car in Brunswick, and then came back ‘home’ to the boat. Used the Tom-Tom I brought from NY to locate the nearest Dairy Queen!  Ah, the joys of modern technology.  (OK, so it’s not so modern...Tom is new to us!)

While I was in NY, another one of those ‘on the list’ jobs that got done was to replace the salon air conditioner with a new model--rewired to run at 220V.  The original 110V unit would neither heat nor cool, and soon it was discovered that it had lost all freon. ‘Had lost’ was the operative term, as a balloon test to see if freon was escaping showed that all the freon was elsewhere.  Happiness is a new, working a/c unit.

On Veteran’s Day, Fred flew the big flag in honor of all the servicemen and women who deserve special recognition every day, and are especially remembered on Nov. 11.

Our Turkey day celebration will be at the Parish Church of St. Helena in Beaufort.  Two years ago we accepted the invitation posted around the Beaufort marina to come to the church for Thanksgiving Dinner.   Since we’re in the area this year, (only about 20 min. away by car) we’ve volunteered to help clean up after they serve the many folks who come by for a meal.  Looking forward to it!

I find it hard to believe that it's Holiday time, although the stores have been extolling the virtues of Christmas since mid-October!  We plan to drive to NY in a couple of weeks, and be there until mid-January.

So this may be 'it' for YA Blog 2010.  It's been a strange and unusual year for us cruisers--we've done very little of that!  However, we have enjoyed the boat, the family, the friends and each other to the max!  Hope your year has been a successful and a happy one.  All the best, until we meet again! 

Linda and Fred