April 19, 2017

Continuing with tradition, the blog is being written by Becky.

Day one on the Colorado Cat by this landlubber.  We started out in the small shrimping village of McClellanville, SC with the weather forecast of partly cloudy and 80 degrees.  The forecast was right on---what it didn't tell us was that we were headed directly into the eye of a no-seeum plague.  Yes the skies were black, the boat was covered, and the humans were suffering!  For twenty miles, we forged ahead until finally we entered beautiful Winyah Bay off of Georgetown and the heavens cleared.  Blessed relief.  We entered smooth waters, blue sky, dolphins playing, all beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

But throughout the day, I was never bored because I was constantly changing my clothes based on weather conditions.  I went through half my wardrobe in one day;  long pants, short pants, long sleeve tee, short sleeve tee, sweatshirt, and four hats.  It's exhausting just to get it right. I am determined to do better tomorrow!

The boat is wonderful---very comfortable and of course, Jim and Penny are great hosts.  Funny story.  Jim took the dinghy out for a little ride after dinner.  Pretty soon, way off in the water, we see someone rowing into the marina.  Guess who ran out of gas?  Yep, he should have stayed on the boat and had another drink.

Some of our plague of bugs

From salt marsh to cypress forest