After too many hours of planning and discussion of our plan to go out onto the ocean, and off of the Intracoastal Waterway, to get to our next destination (Charleston, SC), we ended up wimping out of a night trip on the ocean in sub 30 degree cold, and took the easy route on the Intracoastal Waterway in South Carolina. We anchored in a snug harbor in a beautiful coastland marsh with our new Vermonter friends, Roark and Sherri. This is what we did this evening, we, the only people around for miles and miles in a wetland area that has dolphins and pelicans in abundance….
We grilled and shucked, and ate with overwhelming, full body reactions, an entire bucket of fresh oysters. I, who was completely grossed out and disgusted by the experience of cutting open my first oyster, surprised myself by subsequently getting REALLY into the challenge of getting them open and ready for everyone in our party. I, a midwesterner who did not grow up with weird looking seafood, have become an oyster convert. Now I understand why people get so excited about them. Sherri, our new friend from Vermont, did not get it, and continued to insist she hated them after we forced her to try two of them.
Here is another random glimpse into our evening…..Captain K and I are getting ready for bed, as it’s nearly 8:00 (!), and this is what we had to clear off of our bed tonight: (I bet no one else can say that had any thing close to this random collection of items even near their bed….you may even find this information too shocking and unsanitary to believe, so be warned before reading further. People who live on boats come to accept very strange things as normal)
A small folding loom
A boat fender
An empty gas can
Tool bag
Bag of laundry (dirty)
This is a lot of weird crap! But in such a small space, even 2 minutes of rearranging can transform a space, and in much less than the time it took me to write this, K. had made our bed to look like a palatial suite.
We woke up this morning with frost covering our boat. That is the first time this has happened on this trip, despite all our previous posts complaining of the cold. This has something to do with the title of this post. See if you can figure out what it means. Responses are welcome. The first person to respond with even a remotely correct answer wins a postcard from us once we finally reach Florida.
In closing, here are a few photos I took today:
Morning sky
Color study
Oysters are our new favorite food
Handwoven scarf for sale
New friends who also have a wee boat
Hey guys, sounds like you had a great, albeit, chilly evening. Weather is in the 20’s here in NC, so I can imagine what you guys are feeling. As far as the riddle, I will give it a shot. So from personal expereince, when the weather has been real cold and the frost and ice start to form, I would think that the outboard would have some challenge moving you through frozen water making the cold more powerful than the motor. Am I close? 🙂
Florida is not far now!
Jim
Hi! My guess is that the motor would not start because of the cold. I know my lawn mower motor doesn’t like to start when it’s COLD. I doubt it was cold long enough to form that much ice on the water where you are at……
I hear there was quite a storm along the east coast – so glad you missed most of that!
Mom
How much for the hand woven scarf? I’m seriously interested.
Are there any fast food places you can pull up to on your trip? (Like a float thru at McDonalds!) You could order a wee happy meal…
Minneapolis offers highs in the teens and plenty of snow and ice. Wish you were here for the holidays.
My guess on the title is the cold created ice bergs and you hit one and it knocked out your boat motor. Something like a wee Titanic moment.
Luv from Dad
hahaha! Dad, sometimes you ARE really funny! I think you win the most creative response award and even though it wasn’t technically correct, YOU will get a postcard from Florida!
We haven’t seen a float through fast food place, but we did see a funny billboard in the middle of a remote swamp area that advertised a place that would deliver food to your boat at the next marina. We were definitely tempted….
I guys.
We have been following your adventure since the first day/night we met at Monty’s bay when you visited Tony’s boat.
I find your adventures to be a source of inspiration. We talk about you guys often around the coffee machine at the office.
Who would think you would freeze your toosh in SC!
I will continu reading your tales.
John.
LOVE you guys almost as much as your radio station! Ha ha. Wee Happy is a fully rockin’ site! I am one happy follower of your adventures.
We love you too Holly! And we want some news of your adventures too!
Glad to see you both are having a wonderful time. Your pics are awesome and glad to see you were able to take the cats. I am looking forward to following your trip. Stay safe and Have lots and lots of fun. Deb