Last Day in Lady's Island

January24, Saturday

OK, so we paid the bill today and we are leaving tomorrow, depending on the winds. Today the bridge would not open because of sustained winds, so the sailboat that left this morning spent most of the day circling in the river. Finally he came back in here. If the winds are sustained at more than 30 mph bridges will not open. And we definitely had those winds today!

We walked up to the grocery store for last minute stuff and Rick got one of those “tens” for his back. It’s a little device that sends electrical impulses to the muscles. He says it works so we are starting at the low settings.

The walk to the grocery store is about a half mile, so it’s not a big deal. We took our time and the walk helped his back a bit as well. Everything is stowed away and we only have to fill the water tank tomorrow morning. We are not in a rush...we just need to get away from the dock. The people here are wonderful and it really does feel like we are leaving home.

We are thinking that we might just leave the boat here in the spring and after we visit for a couple of weeks, we will go get the kids and bring them back here for the summer! It really is a great place to spend time. We can sail up and down the river and take them out on the ocean for fishing or swimming. Apparently, lots of people bring their grandkids here for visits.

So tomorrow will be our last Huddle House breakfast. Last night was our last “Steak night”, oh, and while we were waiting, we met this young woman who teaches English at the high school across the road from the marina. She is from Alabama, but moved here to teach. She also teaches a creative writing class. Of course, I would meet her on the last night we are here! We could have talked about so much stuff!! And we didn’t even get their names! Rats! [So if you are reading this blog, please comment and tell me your name!]

Tomorrow will be our last really hot shower for awhile as well.  And we have to disconnect the cable TV, too! We have been spoiled here!

So, time for bed. ttyl

Old cockpit

New cockpit, or at least cleaned up

Spindrift [Rick and Sandy]leaving

Sunshine [Tom and Nancy]leaving

C-Soul [Mark & Gail] [sniff]