Days 94-99 Beaufort, S.C. to Charleston

                 HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY TO EVERYONE!

We ended up staying in Beaufort until Friday because of boat repairs but were able to get out and tour the city which is very picturesque as well as historic.  As I said before, we had lived there about 40 years ago and drove by the house where we lived and not much has changed.  We also did some bike riding and while trying to cross a busy road, I started to fall and came down hard on my left foot which did some damage to my knee.  This knee has been an ongoing problem for quite a while and I ended up going to the ER and fortunately only had contusions and lots of arthritis.  We're going back to San Antonio on July 8th for some business meetings and a dinner which we're hosting for our original wedding party and I will see an orthopedic doctor then.

We left Beaufort on Saturday morning and went over to Dataw Island which was a short cruise of about 2 hours.  Mike had arranged for us to have a tour of the island and the facilities as he's read much about it as a retirement place.  We fell in love with it as well as one of the homes we saw.  It's a little too early to make a decision like that but it's something to think about.

We spent the night at Dataw and left early Sunday morning for Charleston arriving about 2:00 and were both exhausted from the heat.  Today we spent cleaning the boat and plan to watch the fireworks tonight as they're going to be seen from Ft. Sumter as well as the Citadel.  Tomorrow and Wednesday we'll go sightseeing and then start getting ready to go to San Antonio.