12/01 

Today was another outdoor day. We went back to St Simon Island and took the Saint Simons Colonial Island Trolley Tour with Captain Rod at the wheel. We traveled through the island, getting the local info on places to eat, visit, and all the local history. Haskel from Skye joined Tom and I on our adventure finishing with a superb meal at Del Sur.

Also discovered Candied Bacon Ice Cream .. at Moo Cow Ice cream store on St. Simons. This was a delicious treat after our walk on the beach

He does not own a boat or he would not be attracting and feeding
these birds

view from Pier park

could not pass it up this bird finally decided it was not a good
thing to eat, funny but sad to watch

Captain Rod our Tour Guide

St. Simon light house 

I love the moss covered live oak trees

and knitting, one cowl finished and sent on its way

owl hat finished 

and a little Christmas decorating

Brunswick, Ga and St Simon Island --- Fun

12/01
Wow time does fly when you are having fun. The weather has been fantastic, cool evenings to keep the pesky bug count down warm 70's in the afternoon to go out exploring, shopping, scrub the bird poo off deck, knit, in general chill.
A word about our marina .. Brunswick Landing Marina... this is a Gem. The staff is knowledgeable about the area and all things boat. There is a club house with free cold beer all the time, free laundry facility, wine tasting every Monday,Wednesday and Friday... and they put on a great Thanksgiving feast, with pass around food and stories. I sincerely want to stay for Christmas and if this gorgeous weather holds out we just might not move south until January.

Then there is Brunswick. The restaurants, markets, shops are a treat. There is the Copper Pig, a farmers market, butcher shop barbecue business... and there are a lot of barbecue places around here... the catch is they advertise a live Alligator... just had to stop. The inside market was beyond expectations, the aroma of cooking foods, Collard greens fabulous... I never did go look at the Alligator.. have to go back for dinner. Another stop I want to make is Willie's Wee Nee Wagon... famous for its pork chop sandwich.
Now photos of Astronomical high Tides, and beach walk at St Simons ... The time spent here is relaxing and fun.

sun set 

Who knew that Lemon trees have thorns

We had three days of super high tides. When
we came in ( at normal high tide) we had
11' of water under our keel at the slip. At Super
high tide we had 20'

of course this leads to a super low tide and a hike up hill

beautiful day for a walk on the beach. Tom even collected
shells for me

and I am finishing projects in time to mail

Fuss and Bother on the ICW.. so out to the Great Atlantic to Georgia

November 9th to 12th
First a little venting... The ICW is becoming a sadly neglected important waterway. I know that South Carolina has had some horrific flooding but the near impassibility of several areas, confusing markers, bridge schedules, and confusing "advise" from several on line forums..power yachts with little regard for their wakes, fishing vessels who totally ignore everyone else on the waterway,  our crossing from Wrightsville to Charleston was one of the most miserable, tense, frustrating experiences we have had.

We left Georgetown at 6:15 AM in cold rain... Tom at the helm... We needed to made a stretch around McClellanville, where we were warned the passage was impossible at low tide. There were coastal flood warnings and fortunately we made it through this area with little bother, more to the blessing and curse of the cold rain. We finally hit the wall close to the Ben Sawyer Swing bridge where the markers and shallow water conspired to finally run us aground and we waited 1/2 hour for higher water to get back to moving on.

We made it to Charleston Harbor Marina... this is suppose to be a #1 facility and they charge accordingly. Sad to say they are not maintaining the facility, their pump out boat still is not functioning. The staff is helpful but it is not worth the charge. Unfortunately the other marinas we would have preferred to be in were full so it was our only choice.

Tom and I discussed staying on the inside and dealing with more frustration or waiting a day and going outside and making the 147 nautical mile trip in 25 hours instead of 4 days on the inside.
It was not sailing weather, but the ocean was calm and we are now safely at hour Thanksgiving Holiday dock in Brunswick GA.

Tom at the helm leaving Georgetown

view from our berth at Charleston Harbor Marina

Leaving Charleston 

Dinner in the Atlantic, 

and of course I am still knitting only 8 projects going 

I popped out and the landscape was drizzly wet marsh with one
lone dead tree with a wet Eagle

Leaving Charleston, in the harbor was a large swath of what looked
like soap bubbles 

sunset in the Atlantic... 

sunrise after a cold and quiet night

entering St Simons Sound

Sidney Lanie Bridge,185' tall.
no problems

marsh land view from our berth. Great during the day
then the mosquitoes came out in the evening 

Cool Hand Too at rest till December 1st.
Now to fetch our car from Oriental NC

Georgetown South Carolina 11/7/2015

We are here for the weekend... maybe until Monday. There is a nasty storm headed this way so we have found the safety and comfort of a marina... We have visited Georgetown several times, and will enjoy strolling through the downtown area which is just a block up from our slip. Temperatures are suppose to drop, but right now the sun is hot and clouds are gathering.

I will try and update this more often... now that we have access to Wi Fi and Cellular net works

Rain, more rain, flooding, rain .. good thing we live in a boat

sunsets are always wonderful

scarf I finished ... still knitting and getting more yarn to
knit some more. Loved the Shop in New Bern 

ain't she pretty

going down the ICW on a still morning ... no traffic
I love the reflections of stumps and trees in the water

this Osprey was looking up at trees, did not fly away when wake
came ashore

another finished knitting project