Still at Lady’s Island Marina, Beaufort, SC, waiting for Murph to return on May 23 before heading out again. By the way, in South Carolina "Beaufort" is pronounced "Byoofert". The "Beaufort" in North Carolina is pronounced "Bohfort".
My friend Natasha drove up from Titusville to visit with me May 15-18. We had lots of laughs (as is typical with Natasha. :-) I’ve included a photo of her at the helm, hair flying. But don’t worry, we never left the slip, that was just her Hollywood pose!
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| Natasha at the helm - Watch Out! |
We went on a walking tour of downtown Beaufort. It’s a charming town, the 2nd oldest city in SC, after Charleston, and has more antebellum homes per city block than any other town in the US. This photo shows an interesting tree that we saw along the way (and it wasn’t the only one that grew like that).
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| Beaufort tree |
Beaufort has a beautiful waterfront park with bench swings along the riverwalk. Natasha took a photo of an older couple in one of the swings (I have no idea who they are!!). I told them that we wanted a photo to send home to show that we brought the kids with us. :-) They laughed, but I think that they thought we were both nuts. (Being around Natasha does that to you! :-)
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| Who are these people!? |
We had a beautiful sunset at the marina that evening.
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| Sunset at Lady’s Island Marina, Beaufort, SC |
It was interesting to observe the significant tides that occur in this area. The tides are over 8 feet! It’s hard to imagine that the water level drops (or rises) over 8 feet every ~6 hours! We are at a floating dock, so the ramp from the fixed pier to the floating dock changes angle as the tides change, from a steep slope of the ramp at low tide, to an almost horizontal slope of the ramp at high tide. Pretty amazing, and just one of the reasons that navigating the ICW (aka, “The Ditch”) is so challenging in some areas.
(Fun fact: The Prince of Tides (get it? “Tides”?), a 1991 movie starring Barbra Streisand and Nick Nolte, was based on a book by Pat Conroy, a Beaufort resident. It was filmed in Beaufort, along with many other movies, including Forrest Gump, The Big Chill, and G. I. Jane.
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| Lady’s Island high tide ramp end view |
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| Lady’s Island high tide ramp side view |
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| Lady’s Island low tide ramp end view |
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| Lady’s Island low tide ramp side view |
OK, on to more mundane (but still fun) activities the next few days...oiling the teak, laundry, grocery shopping, taking a REAL shower.
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