{"id":1136,"date":"2012-11-14T20:43:57","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T20:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2012-11-14T20:43:57","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T20:43:57","slug":"beaufort-sc-thats-byoofort-and-bowfort-great-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=1136","title":{"rendered":"Beaufort SC, that’s “Byoofort and Bowfort”. Great spot!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday we left Beaufort SC after several wonderful days exploring the city and enjoying the local eateries. \u00a0Brenda and I really loved it, the food, homes. \u00a0Such a nice city. \u00a0What was even better is that the temperature has finally warmed up into the 70s and we didn’t even have to turn on the heat. \u00a0The last two days are the first since about a week prior to our friend Sandy that it has actually warmed up to something that is compatible with palm trees.<\/p>\n

I can hardly decide where to begin with the wonderful architecture. \u00a0We went for a number of walks and spied these, and many other, fabulous homes.<\/p>\n

It’s just wonderful to see the live oaks draped with Spanish Moss. \u00a0Some of the trees are too big and sprawling to imagine them staying up in a hurricane. \u00a0They are so stately and individual that you have to believe that the locals might be inclined to name each one. \u00a0How about this one hanging out over the street. \u00a0The last time that I saw a tree marked with sign on a road was in the Redwood forests in California where the tree had been carved out so you could drive a car through it.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>It’s hard to say where I should begin in posting about these houses. \u00a0Somehow,\u00a0stucco\u00a0doesn’t look tacky here like it does in NJ. \u00a0Far from it.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>Just like in Charleston, the locals must get a bonus or painting their homes white.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>You can just imagine a horse and carriage driving up to drop off the owner here.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>Not all the homes are old. \u00a0There are some lovely “contemporary” homes too. \u00a0 Not to be picky but it would be even better if the posts on the porch were a bit more substantial. \u00a0 But then, perhaps it’s just me. \u00a0Agree?\"\"<\/a>We were told that one of the homes in the area was used in the movies “The Big Chill” and “The Great Santini”. \u00a0I thought that I had taken a photo of the right one but I am not sure. \u00a0We thought that this was the one.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I looked it up on the Web and see that this is the one credited with being in the two movies. \u00a0 Not sure if I have a shot as it looks a lot like others that I saw. \u00a0Oh well, we saw a lot of great homes. \u00a0\u00a0\"\"<\/a>I loved this one. \u00a0The trees and gardens just swallow up the home in spite of it’s size.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>Speaking of a nice setting, how about this perched on a lovely marsh. \u00a0 To come home to this means that you have arrived in more ways than one.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>This one was nicely nestled into the landscape. \u00a0 Sitting on that rocker wouldn’t be tough duty.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>We saw some great gardens but none that could rival this one. \u00a0The photo doesn’t do it justice.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>There is a strong military presence with two bases nearby and a national military cemetery in town. \u00a0 We were there on Veteran’s Day and were treated to a first class parade.
\n\"\"<\/a>It’s great to see folks from the service in dress uniforms.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>Each branch of the service was represented.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>After enjoying the parade we did a bit of shopping in the local gourmet store. \u00a0Compared to prices in the New York area, this was a downright bargain. \u00a0 What a great looking store. \u00a0I think that we bought one of everything in the store. \u00a0Perhaps not but we did buy plenty. \u00a0Not a great idea to shop when you are hungry.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Beaufort goes out of it’s way to encourage folks to visit. \u00a0The waterfront has a great park that is very popular. \u00a0There are plenty of places to eat that look out on this lovely scene. \u00a0I still haven’t gotten used to the palms that are everywhere.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>As I write this we are tied up at the city docks in Savannah GA. \u00a0It’s hard to believe that we have made it all the way to Georgia. \u00a0Massive ships go by and the river isn’t that wide here. \u00a0As you can imagine, the current runs very hard. \u00a0As we were about a 1\/2 mile from our destination today we snagged something big on our prop and it tangled it up badly. As \u00a0a result we were dead in the water. \u00a0Happily, we were traveling for the last two days with another boat and they towed us to the dock.<\/p>\n

As soon as the tide is slack I plan on going swimming with my wet suit and dive compressor to untangle whatever is wrapped. \u00a0That should be fun in the 65 degree water. \u00a0Oh yea, did I mention that the visibility is about 6″? \u00a0 Wish me luck.<\/p>\n

And yes, the two cities, one in North and the other in South Carolina, are spelled the same but the pronunciation is much different. \u00a0 \u00a0So, we enjoyed both cities and it was fun to visit Beaufort. \u00a0That’s Byoofert to y0oou.<\/p>\n

I guess it’s almost time for a dip in the Savannah river. \u00a0Yuck! \u00a0Make that a double yuck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday we left Beaufort SC after several wonderful days exploring the city and enjoying the local eateries. \u00a0Brenda and I really loved it, the food, homes. \u00a0Such a nice city. \u00a0What was even better is that the temperature has finally warmed up into the 70s and we didn’t even have to turn on the heat. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1136"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1140,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136\/revisions\/1140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}