Dakota free climbs to the spreaders, I'm amazed every time he does it. I sort of think to myself, he's only7, it's nice to see what they can do given the room to do it. He is so proud of himself and really enjoys the view up there, too. The boat offers many gymnastic opportunities between the shrouds (wires that hold up the mast), halyards (ropes that pull up sails), and the companionway (the doorway to the downstairs). This is great because, as most of you know, my kids have got lots of energy.
We arrived in Beaufort, S.C. (not to be confused with Beaufort, N.C.) on Thursday afternoon. Went into this lovely southern town, went for a walk around town and then straight to the playground, where the kids unleashed and played in the playground for hours. The play ground is new and part of a new waterfront that was just completed last year. it lines the whole harbor, has swinging benches, a boardwalk, even a performance area. Kudos to Beaufort, we now look forward to our stop there! Here's Laurel as we get ready to dinghy into town.
This is a shrimp boat tied up to the downtown waterfront seawall at a gorgeous sunset, awaiting for the swing bridge to open. The night was relatively mild and we enjoyed staying out, playing and walking.
The next day we browsed book stores and went to the library and post office to get a final delivery ( thanks, J!!!) Laurel went to the Piggly Wiggly (this is what the local grocery stores are named!). These are interesting stores and they have all the packages of chicken feet and pig fat and Souse (some sort of fatty sausage made with all the left over parts of the piggly). I managed to get enough stuff to augment what we had to get us through Georgia (there are not so many stops for groceries there). We cast off at 3 PM and headed down the Beaufort River to anchor in a little river protected from the NW, quiet and peaceful. We ate grits for dinner (when in Rome....) and tucked in, little did we know.......
the kids fishing one afternoon and low and behold 
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