We're in Beaufort, SC

We FINALLY left Bohicket Creek this morning at 7 am on the falling tide. The fog was so thick that we navigated by GPS and radar only - we couldn't see our hand in front of our face. The day was HOT and long with the wind on our nose the entire way so no sailing AGAIN--we're beginning to think that Long Gone is really just a trawler. We ran aground HARD at Marker 219 in Brickyard Creek outside of Beaufort (4 ft. 9 in. of water at low tide) - took a bit of wiggling to get out. We were exactly where we should have been but had seen depths under 6 ft. all day throughout the land cuts - very taxing on the nerves. When we arrived in Beaufort, we tried to anchor outside the Downtown Marina but our anchor kept dragging in this current and wind, so we finally gave up and took a slip (Donnie - we actually DID get mud on the anchor)!!! Thank goodness because at the moment it's blowing 22+ sustained with gusts to 30 and very very choppy. We saw 3 boats previously anchored drag and saw them head up river in this wind and rain. Just to prove that it's a small world after all, there are 3 boats from New Bern right in a row here in Beaufort on the transient dock. One, a Niagara Sailboat from Northwest Creek and another motor vessel from Tidewater. It was blowing and raining too hard to go explore the town this evening so we made dinner aboard and will hopefully get a weather break tomorrow.