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Hi All,
We've had an interesting time since our last update. We spent several days at the Seven Seas Marina in Daytona. During that time we had a nice beach walk and enjoyed a visit with our friends Bruce & Ellie Murray. Ellie is a wonderful cook! On that Monday the wind was so strong we could not pull the boat to the dock it was tied to for much of the day. We did get the new battery installed with some help from the Marina staff. They are always very helpful there and we like their location as well as you can walk to the beach and to several stores.
We left Daytona last Tuesday and anchored for the night in St. Augustine, just off of the old Spanish Fort. Its a fun place to watch the tourists.
The next day we went to Cumberland Island, Ga. Cumberland Island is the opposite of St Augustine as it is a National Park that is only accessible by boat. The island is mostly woods with big dunes and beautiful beaches. We spent the following day walking the southern part of the island. We visited the ruins of the Dungeness Mansion which was built by one of the Carnegie brothers. It was large enough to house a family with 9 children and took a staff of 200-300 to run it! We also hiked a nature trail an visited the beach. In the process we saw wild horses, a wild turkey and several armadillos. The island is magnificent to visit and it has to rate as a "must stop" for anyone traveling the ICW. It can also be reached by ferry from St. Mary's, GA.
The next day we planned a long beach walk. However, mother nature decided otherwise as the wind came up and the anchorage became too rough to climb in the dinghy. Therefore we spent the day doing boat projects. The wind finally settled late in the afternoon.
On Saturday, we traveled to Brunswick Landing Marina to visit our friends Ed & Deb. That evening we participated in an informal Luau on the docks where the fare was a "Low Country Boil". A Low Country Boil consists of some corn, potatoes, sweet onion, sausage and lots of shrimp all cooked together with some special spices. It was really good and it was fun visiting with other cruisers. The next day we toured St Simons Island with Ed & Deb and had a nice walk on the beach there. St. Simon and all of the GA islands are beautiful.
Last night we anchored at Walburg Creek which is behind another Ga Island, St Catherines. Another very pretty spot and a good anchorage close to the ICW channel. Tonight we are in Hilton Head, SC, so we feel like we are really making progress on our trip north. When we came back from the Bahamas we were roughly at mile 975 of the ICW and now we are more or less at mile 550.
We've had an interesting time since our last update. We spent several days at the Seven Seas Marina in Daytona. During that time we had a nice beach walk and enjoyed a visit with our friends Bruce & Ellie Murray. Ellie is a wonderful cook! On that Monday the wind was so strong we could not pull the boat to the dock it was tied to for much of the day. We did get the new battery installed with some help from the Marina staff. They are always very helpful there and we like their location as well as you can walk to the beach and to several stores.
We left Daytona last Tuesday and anchored for the night in St. Augustine, just off of the old Spanish Fort. Its a fun place to watch the tourists.
The next day we went to Cumberland Island, Ga. Cumberland Island is the opposite of St Augustine as it is a National Park that is only accessible by boat. The island is mostly woods with big dunes and beautiful beaches. We spent the following day walking the southern part of the island. We visited the ruins of the Dungeness Mansion which was built by one of the Carnegie brothers. It was large enough to house a family with 9 children and took a staff of 200-300 to run it! We also hiked a nature trail an visited the beach. In the process we saw wild horses, a wild turkey and several armadillos. The island is magnificent to visit and it has to rate as a "must stop" for anyone traveling the ICW. It can also be reached by ferry from St. Mary's, GA.
The next day we planned a long beach walk. However, mother nature decided otherwise as the wind came up and the anchorage became too rough to climb in the dinghy. Therefore we spent the day doing boat projects. The wind finally settled late in the afternoon.
On Saturday, we traveled to Brunswick Landing Marina to visit our friends Ed & Deb. That evening we participated in an informal Luau on the docks where the fare was a "Low Country Boil". A Low Country Boil consists of some corn, potatoes, sweet onion, sausage and lots of shrimp all cooked together with some special spices. It was really good and it was fun visiting with other cruisers. The next day we toured St Simons Island with Ed & Deb and had a nice walk on the beach there. St. Simon and all of the GA islands are beautiful.
Last night we anchored at Walburg Creek which is behind another Ga Island, St Catherines. Another very pretty spot and a good anchorage close to the ICW channel. Tonight we are in Hilton Head, SC, so we feel like we are really making progress on our trip north. When we came back from the Bahamas we were roughly at mile 975 of the ICW and now we are more or less at mile 550.
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