1/8 of an inch fixed it

Friday November 22, 2013
Hunting Island State Park
South Carolina

 

*yes I’m behind on my posts again.  What else is new?  I know the 22nd has passed but it’s an important date in my life and this is how it seemed to me this year.

 

November 22nd is the 50th Anniversary of the death  of John Kennedy.  Along with  9/11, I think 11/22 is one of the saddest days in  our national history.  They are similar tragedies it seems to me.  Those of us old enough all remember exactly where we were when we heard the news.  This date  too changed our nation in a way similar to 9/11.  We no longer felt safe.  Someone had assassinated our president  in broad daylight  in a major city surrounded by thousands of people. It seemed only fitting that our day today begin gray and dreary.

 

 

 

As you see, the day does begin dark and  dreary.

 

The clouds don’t lift but eventually spots of color peek through.  Not much of a sunrise but when the sun finally shines through the opening in the clouds the sun beams shine down.

 

 

 

 

There is more color in the western skies behind me where I see the moon is high in the sky over the campground.

 

 

 

And now for the weather report.

Gray skies for the morning, too many clouds for sunrise but the  temperature is fine and warmly dressed I sit out on the beach in a tiny spot next to the dunes as the high tide sends the water closer and closer to me.   This is one of the widest and flattest beaches we have seen.  At low tide we speculate there is 50 yards of flat beach between the dune and the water.  So it is quite a surprise to see  the water come right up to the dunes at high tide.

 

 

 

Clearly it doesn’t seem as warm to me as it does to Judith.  She was there about 20 minutes and then put her clothes back on, chatted a bit and walked off.  She told me she’s from Ontario.  I guess this must seem really warm to her.

 

 

 

Actually the temperature  is fine but it’s another windy day so the wind chill  makes at least me require some fleece on my legs and  arms if not my feet.   The wind is making some rough waves and a lot of spray.

 

  

 

 

After lunch I head out for what is becoming a daily beach walk to one end or the other . 

Along the way I find this really great looking jellyfish.  I’ve heard that the clear ones don’t sting.  Does anyone know if that’s true or if this is a special kind of Jellyfish.   I couldn’t find anything about it on line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

GUESS what we’re having for dinner!

We’re going to Gay’s Fish House just a mile or so over the bridge on St.  Helena’s island to pick up some oysters for dinner  mmmmmm.  I do LOVE oysters.  And lobster and crabs  and  clams and……….

 

 

 

 

 

 

And  what has David been doing you ask?

 

 

While I’ve been beaching around David has been doing his favorite thing – FIXING STUFF.

He’s  had a VERY productive day.  He fixed the door.  Hoo RAY!!

He had moved the striker bolt but that didn’t fix the problem so he raised the door by loosening the 6 hinge screws  and using our bottle jack to raise it up 1/8th of an inch.  That closed the gap at the top where it wasn’t sealing and  also lined  up the closure mechanism with the striker bolt.  Everything is working wonderfully now. 

THANKS DAVID!  It’s so fine to be able to close the door easily with  just a push rather than a SLAM.  I LOVE it!!

 

He also cleaned some rust off of the bikes, washed and  polished them.  This pesky salt air is hard on all the machines.   We’ve been around  the ocean fairly constantly for most of the year from Florida to Maine.

 

 

This early dark really catches us unaware.

 

We don’t realize how late it is and end up trying to cook the oysters in the dark.  It’s especially hard to shuck them.  A word to the wise, take a look.

 

 

 

Pretty hard to see for shucking to make sure you get them all when they grow piled on top of each other they way they do.

 

And after all  that, they were SO good I forgot to take a picture of them.  Although oysters don’t look beautiful on a plate anyway.  We only cooked half of them so I’ll try to remember tomorrow.