It was there a minute ago. Now it's gone again. I think it was the, whaddaya callit, the sun! Yeah, I remember now.

Finally, boats are starting to move again. Several left Beaufort this morning to catch the rising tides through some skinny parts ahead of us. To our advantage, the courtesy car here just might be available today for a change. And we hope the line at the laundry has dwindled a bit. Tomorrow the weather from here to Florida should be mid-70's and clear with lesser winds. We'll finish our errands here today and leave in the morning. Next stop? Beats me - south I hope.

Small world item: I was standing at the counter yesterday waiting to buy another night of wind, current and rain at the dock while a red-haired guy was breaking out his plastic for the same thing. He mentioned something about upstate NY so I asked him where he was from. Rochester. Oh, I grew up there in Irondequoit. Which, east or west? Both, sort of. He and his wife asked simultaneously, Oh, do you know CP Maloney?

Of all things, I'm 600 miles from home, surrounded by marshland and Marines in the deep south, 1000 miles from the Genesee River in Rochester and Red and his wife Marilyn were partners at Braddock Bay Marina with my old buddy CP from 30 years ago. I suppose if I pulled into some port in Thailand, or New Zealand or some other exotic place, some bloke would ask, "Oh, you're from the states. Do you know CP Maloney?" CP, if you ever see this, you continually amaze me. Here's one for O'Laughlin's.