USS Laffey DD-724

This was a new sight to us.  Apparently she is normally part of Patriot's Point but has been away at dry dock for major repairs.  She is now back serving as a floating museum ship next to the USS Yorktown.  The Laffey's nickname is The Ship That Would Not Die.   She wasn't yet open for tours but impressive never the less.

What About The Sailing?

20-25 knot gusts creating white caps just outside the marin

So many friends have been asking the usual "How was the trip?  Did you go sailing?  How was it?"  And the sad answer is NO - we didn't go sailing.  Shocking and weird we know.  But we kind of suspected that we might not go sailing this time down.  We had check to be sure the head sail was fixed - which is was.  We knew we had to tackle the broken outhaul sheave this trip plus a multitude of "need to check, should really do, would like to do projects.  Additionally the weather was a bit interesting with gusty winds every afternoon except one and rain a couple of times.  So.....no, we did not go sailing.  And YES, we had a terrific trip regardless because we were home on s/v Honey Ryder!

Good Eats

Boat nachos

Hated the boat nachos - NOT!

We ate very well this week.

 We stopped twice this week in Shem Creek and bought shrimp directly from the shrimp boats.  YUM!

I found "Magnolia" brand grits.  The same that are used at Charleston's famous Magnolia restaurant.  The grind makes the texture very different from your average run of the mill grits and they are simply out of this world.  YUM YUM YUM!

We did eat out a couple of times.  Usually during our daily runs to West Marine and the hardware store.  Lunch at this food truck was finger licking good.

Hum?  What to get?

Tom got the fish po-boy and I had the oyster po-boy and we split some chicken and sausage gumgo. 

Fun owners of the food truck

Dinner one evening at Bambu with dock neighbor Greg was terrific as well.  We hit the happy hour specials and saves some big $$ on our sushi and Yuenglings.