June 10, 2010

We really like it here, it is a great anchorage. Except for all the power boat wakes, but that is a whole issue that I won't go into. I will just say that I have grown to dislike power boats. I must admit that after all those storms we actually considered having the boat hauled out, flying home for the summer, and coming back down in the fall. We are so glad we didn't do that, it has been a blast going up the ICW. I think we were putting too much pressure on ourselves to SAIL, when all that we really want to do is see and experience different places.

We went ashore today to do the touristy stuff. We walked around the historic part of town, and it really felt as if it could be 1600's, as long as you didn't look in too many of the souvenir shop windows. We ventured over to the old fort, on our way there a nice couple handed us their passes to the fort and we gladly excepted. The only problem was, Chris and I walked up there looking comletely clueless, which prompted the guard to ask us when we bought the passes. Chris couldn't think of anything else to say except the truth, so the guard ripped up the passes and didn't allow us in. I guess we could have purchased passes after that, but we felt kind of stupid, so we just went off and walked around the grounds instead. On our way around we couldn't help getting a few pics of us with the boat in the back ground.

After that we walked across the Bridge of Lions to a small market recommended by Skipper Bob for its off the boat shrimp. The shrimp were fantastic grilled. Tomorrow we will head out with a few anchorages in mind, and we'll see how far we get.