T-60

On Friday, July 3rd we went out on our powerboat in search of the T-60 buoy on Lake Hartwell. A few years ago I went on a poker run on my Harley and one of the stops was at the T-60 Grill, a restaurant on the far side of the lake. Lake Hartwell is quite large and yet it seems like restaurants with lake access are few and far between. Pitcher's restaurant used to be a fun place quite close to us, but because it's more or less a seasonal enterprise, it kept changing hands and finally closing. Right now its dock is still there but floating empty. Pity, as it was a fun place to go get some beer and wings on your boat. Anderson has Charlie T's, just about the only place left open with a dock where you can still do this. T-60 Grill was supposed to be another such place, serving "The Buoy Burger" among other things, but it's really far away. One time we went on the trek to find the place, but because we stopped to swim every so often, we never did quite make it. The grill is (was?) named for the T-60 buoy that marks where the restaurant is supposed to be. Here's the buoy, but where's the grill? We didn't see any dock with a gangway up to a restaurant. It didn't matter, we brought our own sandwiches anyway. And it's the journey that's important, not the destination, right? Something like that. On this occasion, the journey was so long I ended up burning my scalp. We were also so tired after this trip that we actually packed it in and did not stay for the 4th of July fireworks. It's usually pretty fun to sit there on the boat while they go off above your head, but this year we picked up anchor and headed in. Today I'm sitting inside keeping my head out of the sun. I'll be out later to BBQ some steaks, but I'll wait for the sun to go down a bit before.