SHRIMP BOAT WORKING THE WATERS 81 NM The Quest crew was again up and at it early this morning with St. Augustine as our day’s goal. The skies are blue and the temperature pleasant as we weave around the charming Jekyll Island and Cumberlan…
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SUNDAY 11/4/2012 THUNDERBOLT MARINA TO GOLDEN ISLES MARINA ON ST. SIMONS ISL
77 NMPlanning on a rather early start due to the numerous miles we needed to cover today, we all got up early to be ready. Only one little thing, we totally forgot that daylight savings time ended this morning! “Spring forward, Fall back!”&nb…
SATURDAY 11/03/2012 ANOTHER DAY AT THUNDERBOLT MARINA
THE MIGHTY EIGHT AIR FORCE MUSEUMWe awoke to a stunning morning. The marina’s dockhand delivered Krispy Kreme donuts and the daily newspaper right to our Quest. Kind of a nice touch! We finished up our chores at Quest, lunched at Tubby’s Tank…
FRIDAY 11/2/2012 BEAUFORT TO THUNDERBOLT MARINA, GA
41 NM This morning we made it off the dock before 8:00 AM and were soon passing by Paris Island in the town of Port Royal. The Marine Recruit Depot Paris Island passes through over 16,000 recruits through its boot camp each year and is sole Mar…
THURSDAY 11/01/2012 CHARLESTON TO BEAUFORT, SC
55 NMThis morning we found our washer was on the fritz so we took a little time to use the nice facilities at the Mega Dock before heading south on the waterways of South Carolina.It was a day of twisting through the windy rivers and gazing over the lo…
WEDNESDAY 10/30/2102 MINIM CREEK TO CHARLESTON
48 NMBRRRRR! Man, it was chilly last night! We even dragged out the extra blankets for some extra warmth. Dan started up the generator this morning so we could turn on the heat but that was short lived. A hose clamp rotted throu…
TUESDAY 10/30/2012 BAREFOOT LANDING TO ANCHORAGE AT MINIM CREEK
51 NM TRAVELEDWe awoke to almost no wind this morning and Quest was off before 9. How nice it is to have extra hands on deck. I was at the back messing with something and didn’t even know when we smoothly cast off. Nice job c…
MONDAY 10/29/2012 DOCKSIDE MARINA TO BAREFOOT LANDING
62 NM TRAVELEDAfter returning our weekend Enterprise car (such a deal at $35.00 Friday to Monday), the Quest cast off her lines and left Dockside just after 8:00 AM. While the skies were by no means sunny, the rain was a past thing and the winds…
BACK ON QUEST
RETURNING TO THE QUEST QUEST “SPLASHES” BACK INTO THE ICW WATERSOur Quest spent all summer “on…
05/31/2012 THROUGH 06/04/2012
A ROAD TRIP TO PINEHURST AND CHARLOTTE, NCWhat a whirlwind of a trip through North Carolina! After docking Quest in Wrightsville Beach, checking in with the office and grabbing the loaner car we dashed off to pick up our rental car. B…