Sunday June 6, Horses heading to the barn!

 Since we have been on the return trip, it’s like we are horses heading to hay. Time to get home! 

And with the tumble Bruce had, we are not taking the dinghy down and stopping in ports along the way home. He is just too sore to be doing that but he is ok and is getting better. 

Last Friday morning, we started our trip through Georgia and we were armed and ready! It is too rough to travel offshore which is our preference with GA as the winding ICW and huge horse flies are brutal. 

Also this is St Andrew Sound, the inlet between Jekyll and Cumberland Islands which is a beast most days. The winds and seas are generally calmer early so we planned this crossing early. And it was perfect with gentle swells. 

The lighthouse off the northern tip of Cumberland Island, which we didn’t get a chance to stop at this year. 

 

Bella is very concerned about us swatting flies! 

We also bypassed Jekyll Island which is one of our favorite stops but it was way too early in the day to stop. 

Next was Mud River and of course, we managed to get there at dead low tide which means that if you can stay on the right track, there is between 7 and 8’ ft of water. We draw 4.7” it looked muddy! One of us wanted to wait for the tide to rise but the other 🙄 one of us didn’t. 

We got through without hitting bottom though our depth finder lost its readings at 1.6” with Bruce at the helm and Rosie swatting flies. 

We saw a Roseate Spoonbill!

We stopped at Wahoo Creek close to St Catherine’s Island. It was a very cloudy and windy evening. 

Saturday, we traveled again while swatting. Rosie just held her swatter like a magic wand keeping them from landing. Bruce killed a ton of them. Bella is freaked out by these swatters! 

We had thunder storms and lots of local boat traffic (it’s a Saturday) as we traveled close to Savannah. The clouds were amazing.

We were pretty beat by the time we got to Dafuskie and unfortunately were too tired to stop and Bruce is too sore to deal with the dinghy. 

See you next time Tom and Robin!

Happy hour #1, Advil and Gatorade!

 The winds again are very strong. Our flag was straight as a board and of course we were sideways to the current. Not always comfortable. 

Sunday, we are on the home stretch. It’s about 73 miles to our home dock and we can get there late in the afternoon though we are seriously considering waiting until morning to dock if the winds are as gusty as they have been and as are predicted for the afternoon. 

Passing Parris Island 

Making good time! Cloudy so it is comfortable and no flies!

Spoke too soon. Had a couple but nothing like GA! 

Yes! We are home! The winds cooperated and we were met at the dock by Melissa and Caitlyn!