North Carolina, July 21 - 31

South Carolina, July 13 - 20

We passed Parris Island where they train Marines on the way to Beaufort

Beaufort (Bewfort) SC, Downtown marina: July 13 - 14

The carriage tour was a lot of fun 

Time to run for cover, the front is here

Tom Point Creek - Edisto river

A quiet night in Whiteside creek

Georgetown, Harbor Walk Marina, July 18 - 19

Buckport Marina July 20

Buckport, the home of  "Grab a Deer and a Beer" ...

Georgia July 4- July 13

As planned we met in Brumswick with our friends Kristina ans Atle to celebrate Diane's birthday.

A one night stay at Jekyl Island Club. First time to see a bathtub in four months.
The birthplace of the idea for the Federal Reserve 

Refueling with Shrimp boat before leaving Brumswick

Suspension bridge reminiscent of Sunshine Skyway

Must be low tide

Friendly Dolphin showing us the way

A stop at Hinckley Yacht Services in Thunderbolt for an oil change, fuel filter and impellers replacement and while we are at it a bottom clean up which truly cleaned us up.

Arriving at Hinckley

Lots of activity to get ready for our journey North

 A side trip to Savannah

Cathedral of St. John the Baptist

Colonial Park Cemetery Entrance
Home of many ghost legends and tombs of many victims of Savannah's dueling era

Superman

The cotton exchange

Waving Girl Monument,the legend of Florence Marcus greeting returning ships in hope to reunite with her love. 

Nice lunch at Papillotte, a French bistro

Telfair Mansion and Art Museum

Departing Hinckley Yacht Services. This 29 ft sailboat is on it's way to the Bahamas

Getting Out of Florida

CITY OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH MARINA, June 29, 2014

Our day started out with a calm breeze and sunny skies, but winds increased and clouds were moving in, it was time to get ourselves settled for the evening.  Diane suggested New Smyrna Yacht Club, but JP suggested the City Marina that offered a bit more protection.  After 59.8 NM in 6 hours we were tied up for the evening.   

MARINELAND MARINA, June 30, 2014

We woke to sunny skies and winds out of the north, it was time to depart.  , with an early departure from New Smyrna City Marine we covered 43.7 NM  in 6.5 hours,   

We miss anchoring out, welcome to the ICW along with a Tropical Storm,

JAX BEACH / PORT COVE MARINA, July 1 - 2, 2014

Marineland Marina was a very pleasant place to spend an evening, free laundry, across the street from the Marineland Dolphin Center and the Atlantic Ocean and on Tuesday Morning they have a Market at the marina. 

FERNANDINA BEACH, July 3, 2014

We arrived and stopped at the city dock for a pump out.  Typically one docks going into the wind, we had wind 20 ++ and current at our back, hmmm.  A quick pump out and then it was off and across the ICW to pick up a mooring.  We dropped the dink and went to shore to pay our mooring bill, shower and stroll downtown.  As we walked into the lounge, we met a woman from Normandy / France and she and JP chatted a bit.  We made it back to MS just in time for the wicked storm that came our way.  We were hoping for a quiet evening at anchor, but between the noise from the Paper Mill and the mooring ball stuck between our two hauls at midnight, it was not a pleasant stay.  Fernandina is a pleasant area and the downtown is quite nice, maybe in the fall we will stop and stroll the streets.