ON THE WATER: DOLPHINS, CATS AND AMAZING HOMES!

AS we headed South from Charleston we went through an old bascule bridge. We radio and ask for a bridge opening, and Open Sesame!

Pretty Cool.

We anchored out again, and as we left our anchorage on the Frederica river, we passed a fisherman emptying his pots, and look at the friend right there to help him!

This is where we started to see more and more dolphins! Unfortunately they are so quick they are hard to photograph!

Do we EVER get tired of watching dolphins? NO!

DON'T MIX UP YOUR BEAUFORTS!!
After another beautiful anchor out we arrived in Beaufort, South Carolina (pronounced BEW-FIRT) not to mixed up with Beau-fort, (Bow-Fort) North Carolina) The locals told us to help us remember the correct pronunciation, remember that Beaufort South Carolina is Beautiful!

Isn't this just the most peaceful picture ever? Well, Red Sky at night isn't always Sailors Delight! Our plan was to stay in Beaufort for 2 days, stock up on supplies and wander around and look at the amazing southern architecture. Mother Nature had a different idea and we ended up almost a week waiting for better weather. The night I took this photo we had 35 knot wind gusts, and opposing wind and current so it was a really long long night with John staying up all night on anchor watch! John is happy to report that his hours of research into his new Rocna anchor paid off and we now have complete confidence in the holding power of our anchor!

We had plenty of time to mix work and pleasure and boat maintenance in Beaufort! People were friendly and the dogs were welcomed in all the shops!

This is one of the most unique light fixtures I have ever seen. Made out of 160 Silver t-spoons, and only $1600.00 Do you think I can collect that many spoons at garage sales and get John to make me one?

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

Now when you get to Georgia, you know you are really in the south!
People do look at me funny when I tell them my name is Dixie Dee and have not a lick of Southern accent!

Georgia is full of Incredible trees, beautiful homes and real Southern Accents.

As we headed to Savannah, Georgia we encountered more weather and so we unexpectedly ducked in to a marina to tie up on the dock for a night.

We ended up at ISLE OF HOPE marina, which was kind of serendipitous because right on the same dock was the Catamaran Dixie had been drooling over for quite some time.

So, before we left we took a look all through "Solitude Seeker" - the only Lagoon 440 for sale in the world with a modified mast height to go under the ICW bridges. It had been just left there 2 years earlier when the owner got sick, so needed a little TLC. It was fun to look at - So, now we have seen it we will HOPE it is still for sale in a year or so when we are ready to upgrade!

I took advantage of being on land and took a 7 mile walk around town and snapped photos of some great southern homes on the water font. All the sudden I came to . . . . Well lets just see if you can guess which home I didn't think belonged with the others!