Thursday, June 7, 2012
Happy Birthday to my brother Don! Sunny is the forecast and it started out that way, as promised. Fred called the bridge for their opening schedule and we had 2 hours until their 9:00 opening. We went ahead and shoved off, taking our time going by the Charleston Battery, Fort Sumter and enjoying the vast open waters, unlike the intracoastal waterway we have spent the past few days on. After we were through the bridge, it became a variety of marsh grasses, small islands, waterfront homes and boats left on the shored, a reminder that Hurricane Hugo passed through here years ago. Some had never recovered from the Cat 5 hurricane that made it’s way as far as Charlotte, North Carolina from these shores. Not a storm to be in even in today’s standards of shelters. Like the sea, Hurricanes are very powerful and not one to underestimate. I have seen the devastation of a Cat 3 and I would even run from that one. We hope to get to Georgetown. The trip is a lazy but driven one. It gave me the opportunity to straighten up a bit and write some. What am I to do with all this time after I get home? Life is simple on a boat, a bit intimidating at times, but mostly relaxing. I have needed this time to regroup my life and it worked. I am so grounded and comfortable in my own skin. There is not much I couldn’t take on now. This trip has strengthened me in a way I never knew I had in myself. I have never been so happy in my life.
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