A seagull, one of many different birds we have been seeing coming down the east coast.Uncle Snake Ah Hee steering Hōkūleʻa out of Georgetown, South Carolina, with Keala Kai standing behind.Hōkūleʻa passing under one of the many bridges that line the Intercoastal Waterway.Shantell DeSilva, Snake Ah Hee, and Keala Kai at the stern as we pass under a bridge.Captain Kālepa Baybayan nearing the end of his 900 page book on the Civil War, which talks about the history of many of the places we are passing through.Shantell DeSilva steering, her scarf shielding her from the cold wind.Keala Kai and Jackie Meggs chopping potatoes and carrots for a lunch of chicken noodle soup.Uncle Snake Ah Hee stands on the palekai keeping an eye out for approaching buoys and channel markers.Keala Kai cooking our soup and Jackie Meggs making her homemade garlic bread sweet rolls.Wayne Washburn steering Hōkūleʻa.Kawika Crivello sits on the bow end of the starboard navigation platform, looking out at the water.Jackie Meggs’ special guacamole recipe with a little kick of chili pepper added in.Keala Kai scooping up some guacamole with the chips.Our first real cloudy day in a while, with complete coverage as we approach Hilton Head Island in Beaufot, SC.A cannonball jellyfish floats by the canoe as we tow into Beaufort.A pink hue covers the entire sky as the sun sets behind the clouds.A pink hue covers the entire sky as the sun sets behind the clouds.The crew taking shelter under the awning as we may have possibility of rain tonight.
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