Beaufort, South Carolina

We are here in Beaufort..

Welcome to Historic Beaufort!

Subtropical storm Beryl is cruising along with us and bringing strong winds with it.

This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, May 26, 2012 at 1:45 PM EDT shows a swirl of clouds off the Carolina Coast associated with Subtropical Storm Beryl. The storm is expected to move toward the northeast coast of Florida, where it will bring areas of heavy rain and thunderstorms to the drought stricken region. A heat wave is gripping the Plains and Midwest with temperatures in the 90s. More severe weather is possible in the Plains later today. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)

Today is May 28th, Last night we anchored in Fort Royal. At approximately mid night a scwal came through. The said scwall bought heavy rain and wind gusts of upto 48knots! (This was a very sheltered anchorage!) Luckily, the anchor did not drag and Rob's sleep was not interupted - HE SLEPT THROUGH IT!!!! - Thank god we were not attacked during the night in Mexico!


This morning at approximately 7am this morning we relocated to a "free" dock in Beufort.. Docking at 0930 we had arrived just in time for the war memorial day parade. And what a parade it was. See below;

Its really hard to tell, but there is actually a camouflage boat in this picture 

The free dock

Check out the small town Police car!

And the parade goes on!

Perhaps its not such a small town after all!

The US's national pride absolutely sh*t's on NZ's national pride... how many people do
you know who have an NZ flag in their front yard? Perhaps its time  to get one; I know I
will when I get home.

Everyone was at the parade, so no one stopped these guys leaving the amusement park!

I could honestly fill the entire blog memory with these lovely houses.. the town was just overwhelming

UPDATE 28.05.12;

http://global.christianpost.com/news/beryl-hits-florida-38000-without-power-from-tropical-storm-75648/ is quoted as saying; "Beryl's downpour- shown as the strongest tropical cyclone in May since 1908, according to NBC News- brought 4 to 8 inches of rain in some places. Other areas central to the storm received a deluge of 12 inches."

Dan

The ICW - POV, as we departed at 8am