savannah!

november 10 wednesday

one word describes south carolina. slow. the birds (egrets, bald eagles, herons) flap their wings slowly while we slowly wind our way through swamps and marshes and the sun slowly creeps across the empty southern sky. dolphins slowly surface around the boat and the cormorants take their time deciding whether or not to take flight as we pass them perched on a buoy. even the biting insects seem to be undecided when they first land. spanish moss sways slowly in a gentle breeze and the alligators are so slow they can't be seen at all – but i can smell them. word has it they eat cats. i'd like to seem them try – why there wouldn't be enough left to make a pair of shoes when i finished shredding – and i wouldn't be slow about it!

well one thing finally did happen fast today. see big dummy was trying to follow the instructions of the deck hands at the charleston harbor marina (where we are stopped for the night) and they wanted him to dock in this little corner that had no room to maneuver and a swift current pushing the boat toward the dead end and a huge sport fishing boat. b.d. realized it wouldn't be easy and actually made a 360 once just before it was too late and made a second try with the bow tucked in closer. but the current was too swift and caught the stern and suddenly we were slammed t-bone against the bow of that big fishing boat with our rigging tangled in his bow pulpit and the current pushing the keel so that we were pinned under there at about a 20 degree angle. it was a very ugly sight and some very ugly words were being uttered. eventually b.d. realized it wasn't such a hot idea to follow the instructions of the goofballs at the marina. i think it was just after one of them said if it makes you feel any better that boat gets hit all the time. anywho b.d. called his insurance company and they sent out a boat to pull us off the bow of that other boat and get us situated. fortunately it didn't cost us anything and it doesn't seem there was any damage to either boat to speak of so b.d. went ashore and had a bottle of cold beer and a low country pulled pork sandwich and watched a fantastic sunset over charleston. there are lots of dolphins here and they swim around the boat and the docks and blow their noses at us and sometimes even stick their heads out of the water to look at us. cool.

now we're going to get some sleep and get the heck out of dodge before anything else happens. g'night all. keep purring and kissing on each other.

peace

kitty

first mate s/v JoHee

november 13 saturday

we made it to savannah! we are tied up at big dummy's friend's dock and will be here a couple of days eating hot meals, taking hot showers, provisioning, and doing laundry etc. i met a couple of dogs to play with here. they are mastifs so they slobber all over me but i won't let them get on the boat so they can't make a mess down here.

peace

kitty

first mate s/v JoHee