Honah Lee 2

We thought we had finally gotten to the next temperature  zone but not so.....last Saturday in Georgetown  South Carolina  we really hit a warm spell, 23 degrees Woohoo!!! Short lived. After getting our provisions at the Piggley Wiggly grocery store (we kid you not with the name)!we took off and anchored about an hour outside the city. Next day, early departure. Water depths were really shallow and we actually slightly touched the mud at the bottom of the river. Luckily we didn’t get stuck and thankfully if we had, we are members of Tow Boat US the equivalent of CAA lol The day before yesterday going through the very narrow  Elliott Cut we didn’t know until the last moment how bad the current was and it was a struggle to keep the boat leveled. Short but intense moment. Mike was on the verge of  requesting fresh underwear and he knows when I’m stressed because I actually shut up for a change lol. Even the boat in front of us called us on the radio after we had ...

Yesterday was a really bad day....after waiting out the gale winds in Morehead, North Carolina we were looking forward to moving again. Wanting to get fuel before getting underway we headed for the local fuel dock at slack water.  Unfortunately the cross current and winds pushed us into the corner of the fuel dock and we were unable to recover from that so it put a nasty scratch on the side of the boat. We absolutely felt sick to our stomachs. All day we had this cloud over our heads. Didn’t help that it was still  pretty cold and rainy all day and we hadn’t seen much of the sun in the last week. So after anchoring for the night, we discussed the day.....would have, could have, should have can sometimes be helpful to avoid making the same mistakes. We had a long conversation about all the ups and downs that we’re experiencing. On a boat you can’t live the same way as on land with unlimited drinking water, electricity, heat, fuel, grocery store etc. The laundromat in itself is...

Since leaving Virginia we've been putting serious miles every day trying to get further south for some heat. Along the way, we've had super anchorage spots with stellar sunset and sunrises. Unfortunately we didn't make it far enough south to avoid the frost. Now we are docked in Morehead North Carolina waiting for some major gale force winds to blow through until Monday. Usually we try to anchor but with predicated winds of 55 knots on the way, we took the chicken but safer way (also very costly) and paid for a dock to tie up to. Added several lines to hold the boat just in case. The added bonus of a dock is  the hot showers, heat in the boat, free toilet paper lol and charged batteries, WiFi and internet. Oh the joys of small luxuries that we normally take for granted. Hopefully by Monday, the storm has passed, we'll have provisioned on food, beer and wine, diesel in the tank, oil changed and clean underwear. All set to do serious miles. Cheers Mi...

For all of you who thought we were nice and warm on our boat heading south....well we are freezing cold. This morning going up on deck there was a layer of frost which made it quite treacherous and dangerous. Tried hard not to take a unwelcome dunk in the water. No thanks.... not craving a bath that much. Last night not to annoy our sailboat neighbors we decided not to run the noisy generator so hence forego the heater. Woke up with frost on our noses. So we are officially in the ICW. We had hoped to do the Dismal Swamp Canal but when we arrived at the lock, the lock master highly recommended that we turn around and do the Virginia Cut due to the heavy duck weeds that can make your engine overheat. Don’t need any engine problems so we and the other sailboat waiting to go through the lock decided to turn around. We docked at the public dock in Chesapeake Virginia for 2 days waiting for the winds to die down. We decided to head for the grocery store to stock up. On our way out with our...

We had thought that our electrical problem had been solved and had celebrated with beer and oysters a little to prematurely. We had fixed one problem but a few more popped up. It took a few days at anchor to resolve the problems. Fingers crossed, we think all is well now. The weather has been quite the yo-yo. One day we are in shorts and T-shirt and the next day we have 3 or 4 layers with hats and gloves. Looking forward to warmer temperatures although we can’t complain if we compare to Canada 🇨🇦 lol. No snow for us this year..... This morning, out by 6h30 with a nice sunrise and coffee to go heading for Norfolk, Virginia. We were escorted into the largest naval base in the world  by a futuristic  frigate lol. Now we’re finally out of the Chesapeake Bay and at the beginning of the Intracoastal Waterway at mile market 0 and we have only 1243 miles to go to Key West. But first, a few days to visit Norfolk, provision and laundry.