From Dulpin River Anchor to Jekyll Harbor Marina December 1

Our last day of November ended with a beautiful sunset. I could hear the birds off in the marsh grass as they started their hunt for food. We anchored at the Sapelo Island National estuarian Research Reserve. In the morning we saw flocks of birds skimming the water coming home or leaving it was hard to tell. On a return trip I would like to take some time and go ashore to explore.

December 1 2012 -We were up again at the crack of dawn, pulling up anchor and leaving with Northern Lights. They were going further then we wanted to go. We were making for Jekyll Island, hoping that on Sunday we could finally go outside and sail to Florida.

It is hard to believe that we have been gone for over 5 months - in a boat.  We are getting the hang of docking, for anyone who remembers our interesting technique from before - we are now docking in a current and with stiff wind and very little drama and no new nicks in Cool Hand. 

This is the journey so far 

This was just today.

Sun set  off Sapelo Island Georgia

sun rise leaving Duplin River

Description: Located five miles off the Georgia mainland, Sapelo Island truly has a rich history. Before Thomas Spalding acquired much of the island in 1802, Sapelo had been home to Spanish missionaries, and French and English settlers. Spalding established a productive plantation on the island, growing sea-island cotton, sugar cane, and rice with the help of roughly 400 slaves.

The day was very cloudy, but the sun bursting through
made some great photographs.

Shrimp boat coming in from Atlantic in Doboy Sound

White Pelicans  off Simons Island  Mac Kay River

new Marsh grass around Jekyll Island

Sidney Lane Bridge to Brunswick GA

The beautiful two-story, brick keepers' dwelling and the white, 104-foot tower on St. Simons Island today seem like the idyllic light station. Such was not always the case. Stagnant ponds on the island provided the perfect breeding grounds for disease-carrying mosquitoes. The station was considered isolated before being linked to the mainland, and one of the head keepers was murdered on the lighthouse grounds.