New Age Restaurant

We tried a new restaurant the other night. It is called NEO. 90% of their food comes from within 90 miles around here. It is mainly organic, fresh, and natural. They also make good dirty martinis :-)) The food was tasty and we would return.
I took this picture of a menu item I have never seen before. I texted it to daughter Kristi, as this would be highly regarded by her and Rich. You can imagine John's response to it .

YUM! Right ???

PALMETTO BLUFF TRIP

We had dinner the other night with our boat neighbors here in Windmill Harbour. They told us about this upscale resort community in nearby Blufton. It is up the May River. This was totally uncharted territory for us, so they and another boat neighbor couple accompanied us on KNOTUGAL for a trip over there for lunch. It took a little over an hour to get there, and is an easy run. The grounds and buildings are gorgeous. There is a lot of history on this place that was once known as the Wilson Plantation.

Dock at Palmetto Bluff

Captain John headed to lunch

Main Street @ Palmetto Bluff

Ruins of old mansion in background

CHANGE OF PLANS

Yes, you read right. There has been a change in our plan. Rich and Kristi are moving to a new house mid August. At that time, we will drive up to the Philly area to help them move and do some remodeling. They and we are so excited about this move. Their family of 5 is bursting at the seams in their current house. Now, 7 year old Kate will have her own room and not share one with her 2 brothers.

Kristi and Keri and families will be vacationing here in Hilton Head the first week in August. We will take our boat over to Harbour Town Marina in Sea Pines that week to be close to their condo. After that we will head north by car. We hope to return to KNOTUGAL some time mid September. 

 

JOBS COMPLETED!

It's been a busy week. The trash compactor is back in place, the teak floor has dried out and has been relayed, the new bow thruster is in place, and the heat exchanger has been repaired. We are all set to go!

our pretty morning view

While all this has been going on, we have been exploring this beautiful area, enjoying great restauants, and I have found a super yoga studio!

NEXT WEEK'S JOBS

New Captain's chair we purchased at the Miami Boat Show

Ne

New Bow Thruster.....old one is on its last legs (VERY important piece of equipment)

UNEXPECTED JOBS

After the galley floor catastrophe, the very next day, our very full trash compactor (with stinky salmon remains) broke. John spent the entire afternoon getting the compactor out of the cabinet. He had to saw 6 bolts to get it out. We then had to tip it upside down to get the drawer out. Nice mess. Currently, we have the trash compactor sitting in our salon waiting for a part to arrive.
Besides all this enexpected fun, we are enjoying ourselves. We had a great overnight trip along with Casey and Ranola's boat to Beaufort on perfectly calm seas there and back. We walked the town, bought some stuff, and had dinner at the Saltus Grill. Yum...great dinner with great friends.

Ranola on "MEANT TO BE"

BACK AT THE BOAT!

We arrived back to KNOTUGAL this past Monday, July 6,2014. We are at Windmill Harbour Marina in Hilton Head, SC. After a wonderful stop along the way to see Keri's family, we were excited to be returning to our "other life" of boat living.
Knotugal had been left here for 3 months by herself. You never know what you'll find when you unlock the door and open it the first time. This time we had an unpleasant surprise. Our really good dehumidifier that was placed on the galley counter with the drain hose hanging into the sink, malfunctioned!! There must have been a clog somewhere. Anyhow, 3 months of water from the dehumidifier leaked onto the galley floor. The beautiful teak floor that John had spent days working on and putting down was flooded.

Sub floor

Floor drying out on sundeck

A guy that works on teak in this marina, thinks the black spots may fade.  I keep a rug on it, so maybe we can salvage it, we'll see.

Other than this, the boat looks fine, and we are truly happy to be back on board. Jake and Dorsey seem to be adjusting well. All is pretty darn good.

Tomorrow, we will head to Beaufort, SC for an overnight. Texas friends, Ranola and Casey keep their boat here. They will be accompanying us on their boat, too.