November 5 Beaufort SC

November 5, Beaufort SC Well it seems that my replacement tiller autopilot is currently doing a road trip around SC courtesy of Fed Ex.  I am not informed that it will arrive today (no, we really mean it this time!) sometime between 10:30 and 3:30.   This morning I made ready to get underway and pulled up the anchor and came into the day dock where I don't think the harbor master will mind as long as I am gone by this evening.  I've spent the past two days enjoying the hospitality of this pretty town. Got to the local Piggly Wiggly to re-provision.  It was a mile or so of walk through the neighborhoods with the cottages and large overhanging trees.  The manager at the store arranged for someone to give me a ride back, which would have been a pain to walk with the bags of food.  Gonna hit the local museum today as the local coffee shop employees said they would keep an eye out for the Fed Ex truck. As the weather is kinda iffy for the next couple of days, there does not exist a decent weather window to justify jumping offshore.  Therefore, I will be doing the zig zag path down through the myriad rivers and wetlands of Georgia for awhile.  I look forward to the scenery.  Thanks to my friend, Mike Bickel, I now have a blog which might be a more convenient way of keeping in touch.  Please give me some feedback on what you think of it.  I will be posting some more pictures as I go along too.  the blog address is:   http://natiem.blogspot.com   Mark E. Grant                                                          S/V NATIE M.  1969 C&C Corvette (Hull #62) Home port: TBD Formally: Breton Bay/Potomac River  410-212-8839 (cell/boat) "There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living" - Nelson Mandela