Beaufort, pronounced bufort in South Carolina, was so sweet and relaxing. We stopped near the city downtown marina and anchored. They have newly acquired mooring balls but were a little close together and didn't provide enough swing room for Blue, as she is 46 feet long. So we saved the $20/day. We were looking forward to South Carolina fried chicken but because we came on a Sunday the Beaufort Inn only had brunch and was closed on Monday. We were a little disappointed but it by no means did it put a damper on our enjoying our Mother's Day and Monday. We had fried catfish and fried pickles. We listened to some good folk music as we ate and then walked around the coast of Beaufort.
The streets are all lined with the most beautiful trees and the smell of gardenias and magnolias prenatrated the humid air. Oh, it was intoxicating. If you have never smelled magnolias up close..do it..it smells almost lemony. A real clean lemon smell. Just makes you feel happy. Even though it was in the 80 s and quite humid, there was always a little breeze that made it nice. We just loved all the huge old houses and the great old trees covered in Spanish moss. We even visited a couple of old grave yards. One at the Baptist Church and the other was at St Helena's Episcopal Church established in 1712 and is one of the oldest churches in America. We got to go inside St Helena's, where a woman told us that the church was turned into a hospital during the Civil War and that is probably what saved it from being completely burned down. So interesting and the grounds where the cementary all around the building was, was immaculate. So many graves were decorated with Confederate flags, chosen over American flags. Very moving tomb stones where several people in the same family died in the same year.
We wandered all day on Monday. It was just so relaxing after getting up and traveling for the past six days in a row. Perfect.
We picked up anchor in time to make Beaufort's swing bridge's open at 1pm. We left late to make high tide at the Ashepoo Coosaw Cutoff as it gets pretty "skinny" water, as Ladd would say, through there. It was hard going most of the day as the current was against us until right at the end.
We put our anchor down in an anchorage in the South Edisto River at about 7:30pm. We're up and moving today, Wednesday, May 14, at 9am. We plan to anchor at the bottom of the Charleston Harbor for the night. I'll keep you posted. We are suppose to get a little thunderstorm on Thursday. Guess we'll see what that does to our travel plans.
Cute little motor sail boat named Nellie ..that's my mom's name. Poor guy had to run her aground to as Nellie wasn't getting water to her engine. He tried to set the anchor but it kept dragging in the current. He finally had to rig his dingy on the side of his boat to steer it to deeper water and set the anchor.
A view of the waterfront park where we had fried catfish.
Spanish Moss.
Quicksilver at anchor in Beaufort.
The trees were so huge and interesting looking
Our grave yard visits.
Just a relaxing walk...looking up and around.
More graves
Have you ever seen a tree like this..
Jon, Ladd and Demise decided to walk to the store. This was on goggle maps and only a fifteen minute walk. With really good reviews. Guess I should have checked the date of the reviews. It was in a very questionable neighborhood and closed. They ended up walking a mile or more to a Bi-Lo grocery and taking a cab back.
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