Thursday

Had a great day, more beautiful weather. School in the AM for kids and Lex. I went to West to buy a oil change pump, anchor trip line bouy, oil filter wrench and a proper stuffing box wrench. These little trips take a few hours as I'm on the schedule of the marina Van, but I enjoy meeting the other cruisers and tend to learn more on the dock and the van (and sometimes a bar...) than I do in the cruising guides.

When I got back to the boat after some more talk with the yard about repair work, we went downtown for a historic carriage tour. Sounds corny, but after I managed my fear of large domesticed animals, we had a great time! We all really like Charleston. Nice folks, lots of character and a very interesting history. It struck us that the civil war was only a few generations back. Folks are still waiting for the South to Rise Again.

Thanks to Freddy for sending a very complete list of iPad apps to us. Very helpful! We hope to catch up with you in person down the road a bit!

Tyler, Liza, and Max