Our Adventures continue both on land and sea!

April 19, 2015

             This part of the blog is being written on land. We are in what is called the 'Low Country' of South Carolina, and will probably be here for a few more days.  But I will continue with the watery part of the blog before getting to the reason for our sojourn here just north of Savannah.

     After spending a very nice Easter in West Palm Beach, we motored up the ICW to spend a night anchored at Peck Lake, just south of Stuart.  The next morning we made our way up the St. Lucie River to pick up a mooring at 'Sunset Bay Marina'.
We've stayed here before and love the riverwalk into the old town, which is filled with quaint shops and cozy restaurants. We met up with Craig and Carol, who were docked at Manatee Pocket on 'Whisper'.  We had a delicious dinner with them at the marina's 'Sailor's Return' restaurant. The following day Deke and Chris and Deb and Fred picked us up to go for lunch, and to see where they live and keep there boats.  This is also in the Manatee Pocket area of Stuart.  We had a good time re-living our adventures in the Bahamas.
    
       We arrived back at Harbortown Marina on Friday 10 April and enjoyed a few days of beach weather and a few busy days of getting the boat ready to be hauled out on the 17th April. It was extremely hot, so we worked in the mornings and spent the afternoon swimming at the Inlet Beach Park.  

         Haul-out day came, and our plan was to set off directly after we had seen 'Southern Vectis' safely sitting on her 'jack stands', and drive for six hours to get a start on our return trip to Ontario.
We almost made it too!  However, just north of Savannah our car broke down.  Luckily, when all the warning lights started flashing, we were just coming up to an exit off the extremely busy I95 highway. We took it and found ourselves in a quiet country road with not a house in sight.   After that it was plain sailing...or rather waiting and towing. An AAA tow truck eventually found us and dropped the car at a repair shop and us at a very nice hotel.  And here we stay until the electrical problem on the car can be fixed. We are just outside Hilton Head, in a town called Bluffton. Today we rented a car and explored the historic area of Bluffton and tomorrow we will explore Beaufort, of which we have heard such a lot from fellow sailors.We expect to be back in Niagara-on-the-Lake some time later in the week - car permitting!