Hi everyone! Just wanted to give you an update. Sorry it's been so long since we've written anything...
Brunwsick Landing Marina was such a nice place with wonderful people. We would definitely stay there again if we go back. While Brunswick proper lacked a lot to do, we did find three incredible restaurants and again met some incredible people there as well. St Simon's and Jekyll Islands had great bike trails and restaurants as well. I can't say that I will miss the paper mill smell (reminds me of Canton near Asheville) or the water treatment facility down the road, but we will certainly miss all of those people.
We left for Charleston on Sat at 730a, and it was ruff! The winds were 15-20 kts and the seas were 3-4 ft with 5 sec frequency. That means we were getting beat up, but it did finally start to calm down around 4 or 5 pm. We sailed only until about 6 or 7 p and then motor sailed through the night. The winds were so calm by 3 am that Doug and I put up the head sail, because it was just flopping around in the air. Our friends Don and Erin went with us and had they not gone, we probably would've turned around and come back when we thought it wasn't going to let up for a while. Thankfully it did.
We only had one little incident during the trip...our boom vang shackle at the boom broke. At first, I thought the boom itself broke, because it was so loud. It didn't break the hatch glass though, so that was a pleasant surprise.
We arrived in Charleston around 1030 am on Sunday, we drove Erin and Don back to Jacksonville, stayed the night with them, and drove back to Charleston on Monday. It was an exhausting, but great trip. I missed being out on the water. We didn't take many pictures this trip...maybe because we were a little sea sick Saturday, so I hate that we don't have any to post.
Since then, we have been riding around checking things out and guess what we found?? LOL! Well, don't laugh...but we found Mother's Laundry. It is a little Asian lady with a heavy accent that charges $1/lb for washing, drying and folding (or hanging if you prefer)! Our first drop off was two loads and cost $22...BUT keep in mind that if we would've had to do them here...it would've been $18 with coin laundry. Here it is $2.50 a load for each wash and $2.50 for each dry, and the drier has been know to take 3 cycles to dry. I guess we could wash here and dry on the boat...nah!
We like the marina (Charleston Harbor Resort Marina) and Mt Pleasant is close enough to ride our bikes (we actually rode over to Sullivan's Island for lunch today). So is Charleston, but you have to go across that crazy huge bridge, and we just haven't had the nerve yet. I am only 2.5 miles from MUSC, so if I do get daring, I could ride to work. The trolley is free from the resort, and they allow bikes...so we could use it to cross that bridge.
As some of you know, I took a position in Charleston, SC at MUSC. It will be 3 nights a week, 630 p to 700a. I start on Monday or Tuesday, but not sure if it will be 3 in a row or not yet. We'll be here until September or October, so if you are planning on being in the area, please let us know. We would love to see you!
