{"id":6091,"date":"2017-07-08T13:28:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T17:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=6091"},"modified":"2017-08-30T13:44:17","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T17:44:17","slug":"july-7-ladys-island-marina-beaufort-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=6091","title":{"rendered":"July 8 – Day 8 – Lady’s Island Marina, Beaufort SC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Friday morning we moved from the Beaufort City Marina to Lady’s Island Marina, which is just on the other side of the highway bridge – a 15 minute journey for us.<\/p>\n

Friday was a provisioning day. Early in the morning we borrowed a courtesy car from the marina & drove to a local grocery store to stock up on fresh food, bottled water & many other necessities. We could only have the car for an hour so it was a “speed shopping” expedition.<\/p>\n

Chris & I divided the grocery list in half, grabbed a couple of shopping carts & scooted up & down the aisles. 45 minutes later – mission accomplished!<\/p>\n

We loaded the groceries onto the boat & headed for the other marina so we could tie up there by noon.<\/p>\n

My buddy George picked us up at 1:00pm in his car & the shopping continued. West Marine, Lowes, Wal Mart , a local hardware store, a butcher shop & finally Publix….. whew, that was a marathon! There’s hardly any room left on the boat!<\/p>\n

Back to the boat to drop off all the stuff we acquired & then off to George’s house for dinner.<\/p>\n

About 3 years ago George & his wife Sandy built a new home just a few miles away from the marina we were docked at.<\/p>\n

While en route to his house George gave us a “windshield” tour of Beaufort & area. He called it a windshield tour because it was too hot to get out of the air conditioned car to walk around. No argument from the passengers on that strategy.<\/p>\n

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All the older streets are lined with huge oak trees with lots of Spanish Moss hanging down from their branches.<\/p>\n

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George & Sandy’s home is in a golf course community. Not far from their home are several fresh water ponds that the golf courses use for drainage & for irrigating the fairways & greens. The pond in the photo above was a popular spot for birds to hang out. Another pond a few hundred yards away had 2 alligators sunning on the banks. Each one was about 6 feet long. George told me that there are gators as big as 11-12 feet in the ponds. No swimming there for sure!<\/p>\n

George & Sandy cooked us a fantastic steak dinner supported by beautiful air conditioning, G&Ts, wine & great conversation.<\/p>\n

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It was wonderful to catch up with George & to finally meet Sandy – I’ve only known & worked with George for about 14 years! We also got to meet Sandy’s dad, Ken who is 99 years young!<\/p>\n

George & I collaborated on a lot of projects over the years & had a lot of fun while doing it. That’s the way it should be.<\/p>\n

We are now both retired & wondering why we didn’t do this 20 years sooner. I think that it might have had something to do with needing a steady income until the nest egg was big enough. 😉<\/p>\n

I’ve often told people that I don’t miss the work but I do miss spending time & working with people like George.<\/p>\n

It was great visiting with George & Sandy but now it’s time to continue our journey north. Next stop – Charleston!<\/p>\n

Cheers everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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