Sun Nov 3 - In which we drive a car instead of a boat

Stayed in Beaufort

Woke up late (like 8 am – hooray for the time change.  I love extra sleep) and just relaxed around the boat.  I think we were both relieved not to have to boat anywhere today.  This is a charming marina, and a bit away from the main ‘town’ so very quiet.

We then checked out the marina courtesy car (yes, some marinas have a car that they let you use!).  It was fun to drive a car again, and we treated ourselves to Dunkin’ Donuts for breakfast.   They have the best tea, and I, still milking the birthday thing, got a box of their teabags for the boat.  We then did our errands… Yes – I’m afraid we DID have to got to ANOTHER Dollar store (for a couple more stick on LED under cabinet lights and batteries), Food Lion where we stocked up on groceries and then to Ace Hardware (AGAIN WITH THE ACE HARDWARE) to try to find some deck chairs for the boat.  This was a wonderful – almost Home Depot like – hardware store but no luck with chairs.  No one seems to keep summer chairs as the winter approaches.  No winter for us, ha HA!!!   Clever Rick thought to get the materials to make hat leashes so your hat doesn’t blow off in the wind.  I think they are, like, $9 on Amazon.   

 Back at the marina we enjoyed an afternoon of relaxing on the boat and watching a little football (yeah – not me).  We especially enjoyed the marina’s endless hot water and ample shower space.  We worked on the plan for the next few days. It turns out that marinas usually keep an area devoted to free books, so I looked through all the offers and left one in return.  Originally, I had thought I would create a little floating free library on our boat – now I don’t have to!  Most importantly, we filled the boat up with fresh water so some of us could actually use water without having others of us freak out that we might suddenly have none. (It’s not like we are in the Sahara, or that we can’t pull over in an emergency)… Hooray for a good marina!

More spooky hurricane debris

Lord do boaters love puns and word play - say this one out loud (huge eye roll - but it had Rick laughing like a hyena)

I CAN’T forget to mention that Rick, having had no boat-related challenges for the day, cleaned and figured out how to use the propane grill that sits on the upper deck.  He made the best marinated chicken thighs!

The grill in action!