Don't know about you, but when I am gone from the office I set my email up for "Out of Office" messages. What has been funny since we left Austin April 3rd, is that every day I get a message from my auto message saying quote, "Your out of office message is on, and no one has emailed you." I had to laugh.
Welcome to retirement. I have to thank my partner and successor, Mike Priede. He is obviously receiving the 100 emails a day that I used to get, and I cannot tell you how nice it is to be out the bullets flying overhead.
Shelley continues to find these off the grid places. The last couple of days it was Bull River Marina near Tybee Island. Pretty run down place with really ugly bathrooms, docks full of splinters, and beautiful scenery. We took the ding several miles up the St. Augustine creek to Tybee itself. It was early on Monday morning, so nothing was open but their pretty beach. I was shocked but it took half a tank of fuel in the ding to get to Tybee, so here we are with not really enough gas to get back to our marina. Shelley came to the rescue and made fast friends with this family who were putting their kayaks into the water. Before I knew it, the dad was taking me across the island to the nearest gas station to refill my tank.
Plus this family suggested we visit Little Tybee across the channel. It is a nature preserve and the only way to get there is by boat. We took the ding across and spent the next several hours looking for shells for our grandson Leo. He and Shelley have a thing for sea shells. She found some, and took a photo with her cell phone and sent them to Shana, asking Leo to research what kind of shells she had found. That little guy is just 7 going on 8, and by evening we knew. They were angel wings. Way to go Leo.
Today is Beaufort, South Carolina. On the way here we cruised up the coast of Hilton Head. What a pretty place, and the homes on the shore were fabulous. Then it was Paris Island, and all those marines in training running their morning jog to all those great songs we sang as boys...."I don't know what I've been told, Eskimo women are mighty cold....UH-RAH!
Can't wait to see Beaufort. We are at a marina two miles outside of town, so we will get a cab into town tomorrow. We hear nothing but nice things about this town. We are also hoping that we will close on the house in Austin tomorrow. Yahoo!!! But we miss the pool. So much is happening in such a short time. Almost homeless in South Carolina. Marc
May I please have a copy of this picture of you at the helm, Marc? I have a similar profile shot taken by brother Chris of Dad driving on a sales call and the resemblance is uncanny! Except of course for that incidental difference called "retirement", i.e. Dad's driving the Jeep in West Texas and you're driving your boat up the South Carolina coast! Thanks for keeping us posted. And Happy Anniversary you two on the 21st! Love and miss you, Gayle
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