Chained to Charleston

Get us otta here !!

Charleston is one of the most beautiful cities we have seen on our way south.  You could blink and swear you are in Boston; but the southern charm confirms you are in Low Country.  (Low Country is the southern part of South Carolina which is very flat and dotted with marshes and wetlands. This is where grits, hominy, pork rinds and okra are served a thousand different ways)

Now for the tooth report.....We went to the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and met with a maxio-facial surgeon on Monday.  He suggested a wait and see course of "action".  This being a teaching hospital, he turned to his young resident and asked: "have you preped our next patient yet,  ya know he's 80 years old !"  The student admitted that he had not done the prep.  The doctor turned and instructed: "Give him a couple of Viagra, I don't want him rolling off the table when I'm working on him "!!!  Trudie's mouth (which was stiff and sore from all of the recent work) dropped open. 

There was no improvement on Tuesday, so we went back to Dr. Viagra.  He extracted the tooth and T has steadily improved.  One down, one to go......

Now for the hurricane report.....  Ida just won't give up.  Although it is a "remnant low" it is spinning right over Charleston.   We have had a couple of days of driving rain (several inches) and howling winds.  Seems we have been under a gale watch for days with no relief until the weekend.  We are safe and sound at a huge marina, but are very anxious to get underway.  Maybe tomorrow.

We are thinking about renting a car today and driving down to Beaufort, SC to pick up our mail, and see something different.  We have invited Peter and Jane of "Kinvara"  to come along for the ride.  They, too, need a break from the boat.

We are only 148 miles from the Florida boarder......so close, yet so far......  THE DAMP CREW