Remember that time we vacationed in Charleston...

We woke up to fog this am and everything outside was completely soaked.  But then by 9am the sun was coming out and the winds from the shore were blowing the fog away.

Calls to attempt to find the elusive engine seal continued...the starboard engine was disconnected and prepped for the repairs as soon as we could find the parts.  I really hope Mark will do a write up on this for me because I really do not get it.  All I know is after two days of calls, at around 2pm Mark ended up calling a place up in Annapolis and they are shipping the parts to us via UPS to the marina office. Seriously?  Yeah we are getting parts from home shipped because no one local had them or could get them to us faster.  Crazy.  We also let the office know that we will be staying two more nights at least.  I suppose if you are going to be stuck someplace, Charleston in the Fall is an amazing place to be.

I got one last item in the washer at the laundry and am learning the fine art of sharing a washer and dryer.  Using strange washers and dryers is not my thing.  And by strange I mean, not mine or that of a family member or friend.  Also some nice lady put my blanket in the dryer for me while I was jogging. 

Today we had a special tour of Charleston with Mrs. Brown (our dear Chris's mom) who also happens to have a B&B in the Battery, Lavender and Lace.  She took us to a fab little place for lunch, Fast and French, then spoiled us with a private tour of the Battery area homes.  All I can say is that the beauty, history, uniqueness and charm was overwhelming! Here are some more shots from today on our tour.  Simply gorgeous city...

Lovely lunch at this cute spot, where locals eat.

Classic Charleston style home

Recently fully restored, across from Battery Park

Note the bricks are now visible under the plaster

I want Mark to buy this house for me

This is now someone's private home, so cool

Love the dragons along the roofline

And the grand porch light

And those fabulous windows going up the stairs

He could buy this one for me too and that'd be good

Grand entrance anyone?

http://www.lavenderandlacebb.com/

http://www.lavenderandlacebb.com/

After our amazing tour we walked through the Market...I'll have to give it another shot because it almost seemed like maybe a cruise ship may have been in town?  If you know what I mean.  Anyway, $500 for a sawgrass basket is way out of my budget comfort zone.  We went to a pizza place right on East Bay and had a great Sicilian and a couple of beers...and a cannoli.  Walking back to the boat we were pretty whipped but as soon as we got here, Mark hopped right in the engine bay and got to work on what he could do in preparations for tomorrow's delivery. Then Jon jumped in on the action too.

First Theater

I love graveyards, love them. And this stone was stunning.

Glamorous boating life.

Ready to be fixed up...this engine deserves the attention after all she's done for us so far.

We are thinking that we may see Island Kaiya tonight based on their schedule and availability or probably more like how far they get on the engine work they can do without the parts.  We missed seeing Pamalynn today but may be able to connect with them tomorrow.   I would love to see them both but our repairs have now taking over as first priority.  We love it here but we cannot stay forever after all.  Well not until we get our winter home here.  haha

And just in case you missed my over-posting of sunsets, here's a parting shot for you!  XO Suzanne

PS, Here is an awesome shot of the three of us yesterday at Sullivan's Island Beach, courtesy of the artist, Gary.  Thanks Gary and I'm looking forward to your 'guest post' on the blog ;-)

The Three Caballeros