A McDermott Thanksgiving

We crossed the Revenel Bridge connecting Charleston with Mt Pleasant to share Thanksgiving with Joanne's brother, Paul, and his family. We had picked up Joanne's mother, Marie, in New Port Richey, stopped to purchase a bag of "blood" oranges and visited old friends of Marie at Moose Haven along the way.

Joanne & I stayed at the Shem Creek Inn while Marie stayed in the FROG (Front Room Over Garage) at Paul's House. Before the big turkey dinner we walked around the War Memorial Park alongside the Revenel Bridge.

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Shem Creek
Revenel Bridge .
Mt Pleasant War Memorial
PatriotsPoint USS Yorktown

Our Thanksgiving Pictures






So what were we doing since we returned from our cruise "north" with the Punta Gorda Sailing Club? We moved out of our storage building and into our rental house! We have worked on many boat projects - The bimini was restiched. The UV cover on the genoa was restiched. We had Eagle's Wings bonded: the mast, forestay, backstays and upper shrouds were connected with electrical wire to the keel to mitigate damage any future lightning strikes. I finished installing a Link Pro battery monitor and a Blue Sky AC meter. I also added insulation to the top of the refrigerator, recaulked the instrument panel at the helm and adjusted the rudder angle indicator among other things. I still need to stand on my head to replace the water pump on the generator! Boat maintenance never ends!
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