Voyage 2007-2008: Chapter 3

28 Dec 2007, Mini voyage: Hunting Island, SC, 32 23.230 N/ 080 25.908 W

Next stop is a perennial favorite, Hunting Island State Park, located about 20 miles south of Beaufort, SC. Levi and Gina insisted that this be one of the stops as they love the beach. The State has installed a series of jetties which has stopped the erosion of the campground. They were losing about 5 sites a year prior to the inclusion of the jetties. The place did not disappoint us. On the second day, we headed for Beaufort and Port Royal to see familiar places. The Beaufort municipal marina looks a little more run down each year. Quite sad. It used to be our favorite on the ICW.

31 Dec 2007, Mini voyage: Crooked River, GA, 30 50.570 N/ 081 33.200 W

After Hunting Island, we headed for Crooked River State Park, near St. Mary's. GA. This is new territory for all of us. We never even sailed here. We stopped by St. Mary's to check out the town. It was a little smaller than we thought but had two sets of docks. Butch and Bob checked out the docks. For some strange reason they had a fascination for an empty telephone booth. Go figure

Levi seemed to like this place also. He got lots of good sniffs and lots of nap time. Poor Gina was to 'hyper' and barked at everything. She had to spend some time-out time in the RV. Of course, Sammy was happy wherever she was. She especially likes Jule III and the RV. We took the kids for walks several times a day. It is a very doggy friendly place. However, the bugs were out (a week later, Bob would find a tick on his body).

It was great traveling with Butch and Vicki. This is the third land voyage we have shared together. It is a shame that this one had to be so short. Unfortunately, we have to head back to Northern Virginia for Ann's next opration (stay tuned). They will be heading South as far as the Everglades, then to Disney World, then slowly back up to Maryland. Legend is on the hard so they will be staying at the Herrington Inn like 'la-de-da' people. Not bad.