Hi Tide at Brunswick GA

Low Tide, 8' down from the morning

Near the Farmers Market in Brunswick

Unusual musical instrument, made of wood and pvc plumbing pipes. The percussion sticks are missing.

Back of the above musical instrument. Saw this and others at the Waterfront Park in Brunswick.

Moxie in her slip at the Brunswick Landing Marina. This Marina is huge, hundreds of boats.

Rout 17 Brunswick Bridge over the Brunswick River.

Main Entrance into Jekyll Island State Park

Old Jekyll Island Club House and Annex, Now a Hotel. Note the croquet court. Jekyll Island was a private club for the rich and famous from 1885 until 1942. Some members built "cottages" and would winter here and summer in Newport RI.

The pool was a recent addition.

Another view from the side.

The head supervisors house.

Huge oak trees and Spanish moss. The canopy of these trees are something else.

Electric runabout circa 1915-1920.

It's Christmas in Jekyll Island. Front porch of one of the cottages.

We wont be able to visit at night, but quite a few of the trees will be lit up for Christmas.

Another Cottage.

Cottages of all sizes and styles

The "Crane" cottage. Plumbing family Crane

Some of the workers at Jekyll Island lived on site. Their homes are now small shops.

Another Cottage. Some of the cottages are part of the Museum and others are inhabited by new owners.

The main street of the Historical section on Jekyll Island.

Our Friends Gill and Sharleen on "First Love" at anchor in Turners Creek, the last place we anchored in South Carolina. They were going to hop "outside" the intracoastal to the Atlantic and come back in at Northern Florida, to miss the infamous winding Georgia ICW. Will see them later in the Bahamas

Anchorage at Turners Creek, SC

This was a cold day on the water as we pass this vintage yawl. The high was about 48F and below freezing at night.

Fisherman off Bonaventure Cemetery, a place of interest -not far from Savannah, GA.

Gerry huddled over the chart table, doing nightly 'homework'. As you can see, we are a bit cramped, so everything must be put away so we are in "ship shape".

Sailor getting into the Christmas Spirit at Thurderbolt, a subberb of Savanna GA. We stayed a night here a night at an expensive marina ($2/ ft plus $10 for power)

We stopped and anchored in this Creek which to do some shopping. Hoggan's Marina charged $10 to use their dingy dock, but the Publix supermarket was right behind their boatyard, very handy and convenient.

Shrimp boat's are very numerous in this area.

Livaboards on the old sailboat in front of the old fishing boat.

The winding ICW in South Carolina and Northern Georgia. It winds and doubles back on on itself so sometimes you wonder if your making headway.

Passing the entrance to "Moon River"

10 more ft of waterline and 25 more HP and most everyone is passing us. We cruise at about 6.2 knots in still water but a tide can make that anywhere from 4 knots to 8 knots over the ground, depending on whether its against or with you. Most of the displacement trawlers are going at 8 knots and some of the larger sailboats are doing that as well.

Tug pushing a barge. Sometimes it's pretty scary when the channel is narrow.

Wild boars on one of the barrier islands, Georgia.

We are by no means the smallest boat heading south.

Low tide can be a bit dicey on the ICW. The tides in Georgia are 8' so low tide can cause problems to a deep draft sailboat. We draw about 5'6" and have scraped through a few a few places. The mud is very soft so no harm is done if you "touch".

Brunswick Bridge (RT 17) as viewed from St. Simon Sound. 185 ft vertical clearance.

First sighting of White Pelicans

The ever present Brown Pelicans

A typical open swing bridge on the ICW. Sometimes you have to time your approach, as they open at specific times.

An anchorage on Thoroughfare Creek of the Wacamaw River, SC. Upriver from Cape Fear.

Palmento "palm" trees starting to be more present the further south we go. Typical "low country" scenery.

Charleston Harbour Marina, across the Ashley River from Charleston.

Patriot Point Naval museum, some 2nd world war ships including the carrier "Yorktown", a destroyer and a submarine. The carrier had a lot of vintage aircraft ranging from the 2nd war to about 10 years ago.

We toured Fort Sumter, were the first shots in the American Civil War were fired.

Fort Sumter National Monument at the entrance to Charleston Harbour

Downtown Charleston

Old Southern House in Beaufort SC

Garden and trees in Beaufort SC

Michael on the Neuse River, NC

A commercial fishing center between Oriental and Beaufort, NC. A single hander resting at the dock.

Sunset at Broad Creek, Near Oriental, NC

Dockmaster at Spooners Creek, Near Morehead City, NC

Traffic Jam on the ditch, Camp LeJeun, NC

Sailboat aground at stretch through Camp LeJeun, NC

These guys are on a mission

Shore line south of Beaufort NC

We anchored here at Writesville Beach

Derelict Boat and building around South Port, NC

Welcome to South Carolina

North Myrtle Beach SC, on the ditch.

Little River, near Myrtle Beach SC, entrance into a huge Marina.

Coming into the visitor's center, Dismal Swamp

10 boats rafting up at the Dismal swamp Visitor's Center.

At Elizabeth City, NC

Where The Alligator River/Pungo River Canal starts. This place was really dismal.

Where we waited out a north blow for 2 nights.

Michael, the 88 year old sailor in Belhaven.

Deep Creek lock, North end of the Great Dismal Swamp Canal, 10 boats locked through together.

Norfolk VA Navy Base

Ocean Marina, Portsmouth VA, "across river from Norfolk"