We are in Beaufort S.C. and it is Wednesday night. I loaded my pictures wrong so they are not in the correct sequence. The picture above is the Marine Basic Training Base location on Paris Island. This place has a lot of history for the Marine Corp.

This and the nest couple of pictures are old homes in Beaufort, S.C. This really is a very nice town to walk around and soak up the history of the area. The house above is made of concrete squares.

This is a 28 foot 1917 Grandy Boatworks, wooden boat, that was tied up at the marina. It reminds me of a boat that Buzz Hansen use to have. It was very nicely redone.

We left Hinkley Yacht Service Marina Tuesday morning and went into Calibogue Sound. The shrimp boat, below, was behind us and then passed us. This is a beautiful example of the water life that people is this area live. Check out the American Flag on the bow. I am truly glad to be an American. What a great place to live and travel around.

This is the entrance to one of the several entrances to Hilton Head S.C. We went up Broad Creek to Shelton Cove Marina.

Shelton Cove Marina is at the head of Broad Creek and very protected. There is a 6 to 7 foot tide, which is common in this part of the country. Below is a sculpture of King Neptune. that was located near the Pelican.

Ken Wooten's son, Justin, is working in Hilton Head this summer as an intern, and he met us for dinner Tuesday night. We had a delicous meal at a local restaurant and some great quality time together.

Ken and I will leave Beaufort, S.C. Thursday morning early and make a 10 hour run to Charleston. We will take Friday as a catch-up day and my daughter, Laura Lee and her husband John will meet us Saturday morning. Ken will go back to New Bern and Laura Lee and John will go with me to Myrtle Beach.

This is a great part of the Loop but I'm beginning to get a little melancholy about it ending. I should be back in New Bern, completing the LOOP, around June the 5th. As I've said many times, it has been a great experience up to this point.

Later,

Carl