15 Aug 13

After breakfast, we took Luke and Tessie ashore to see the beach on the Atlantic side of Wassaw Island. Again, miles and miles of deserted, white sand beach. And not a beach boy or a fresh drink to be found. About lunch time we left and headed back to Isle of Hope Marina.

16 Aug 13

Tessie wanted to see Hilton Head Island, so we piled in the car and drove over to check out the scene. We had a good time shopping for souvenirs, driving around the island, checking out Shelter Cove Marina and Ela’s Blu Water Grill for lunch. Hilton Head is definitely home to the rich and famous; such mansions we saw along the waterfront. On the way home, we drove through torrential rain storms.  

17 Aug 13

Luke and Tessie had to get back to Auburn to spend a bit of time with Audrey before continuing on to Dallas, so they left just after breakfast. Terri did laundry and cleaned house. I tackled the engine compartment in-line blower issue again. It turned out that it was just a worn out motor. Once I figured that out, it was another trip to West Marine, who miraculously had one in stock, then the job of reinstalling it. I went ahead and completed the installation of the toggle switch to control it as well. So, about 30 trips in and out of the stern locker and cockpit locker and 3 Advil and I was ready for bed. Before retiring, we had a nice chat with a Canadian couple - Gary and Shawna - from Toronto, who had just bought a Hunter 40 - “Traveller” - and were in the process of moving it down to Ft. Lauderdale. They will be able to fly down from Toronto for weekends on the boat until they retire.

18 Aug 13

We slept in and decided to do very little for the day, and we accomplished this very well. Actually, we did drag all of the anchor chain out on the deck and redid our 30’ interval markers using the new multi-colored cable ties that Luke brought us. I also cleaned off the deck and topsides. We spent the afternoon doing a little forward planning for the next couple of days and weeks, leading to arrival in Charleston no later than 5 Sep to meet our friends Todd and Linda, presently from Lakeway, TX. Then, we retired early and watched a movie on Netflix.