VA Ham

God is it salty! Yuck!

My cousin Bev said she used to see mom soaking hers and rinsing. I only remember a John Morrill.

After arriving in Myrtle Beach I look a brief look at the beach, and drove to meet a friend from Annapolis June week days who went to Sweet Brian and Married a lawyer and is also a librarian in Columbia. After lunch with Patti I dropped Clare's package off on their porch and drove back. I should have stayed at Patti's. It took close to 8 hrs round trip. I was exhaused.

The next day I got an early start and headed for Beaufort and toured. A lovely town, historic and charming.
I really liked a house on Lady islady. Screened in porch 2 car garage. Guest apt. over the garage, lovely kitchen, fireplace lovely oak floors and 3 bedrooms all with custom closets. All the homes have steps up and they kill me. Even with 6 steps it's a lot to lug groceries. This has a club house with pool, bar and so forth for 650 plus assn fees. I'd melt in the heat. Even in April it was getting on 84. It does not really cool down at night either. There was one house that backed up to a swamp down yonder...if I let Lacey out a croc could eat her! I don't think so!
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My poor feet in flip flops are all swollen up and ache. I need to elevate and ice them. Even after resting for 7 hrs they were still swollen.

I ate seafood in Port Royal, decided I don't like their crabcakes, maybe just my own and shrimp is out of season but I ate it and the she crab soup and hushpuppies and clam chowder I can pass on.

Then I drove to see Hilton Head I'll pass All clear cut and the same.

From there I went to Savannah and took a trolly tour . I likes Water street and the city market and might have taken a tour of a house or two but my feet hurt. So I headed out.

I stopped for lunch and got a shrimp salad. Finally something not fried! Thshrimp were grilled and not those tiny salad shrimp either but nice ones, an inch or so.

There I discovered the frozen daiquires in every flavor from white Russian to Cherry blast look promising at 4.50 for a small. I may try one tonight. I decided I didn't need one for my long drive back. I had to stop 2x for short naps since I was up at 4. I got in at 8 or so and was horrified to find the lower lock locked and couldn't get. I called the locksmith who sprayed a bit of gunk on it and the same key for the upper opened the lower and I was in. I gave the poor man a hug I was so relieved.

Today I'm resting, doing laundry and maybe driving on the beach. I don't sit out in the sun. I may get a few groceries and find some fish.