After eating our way through Savannah with delicious fried oysters, peach cobblers, shrimp and grits, pecan pies, praline candies and feeling our waistlines grew a few more inches, we desperately needed to get ourselves out of our food coma. Our savings grace is by not having a car, we’re relying on our legs to explore and burning up some calories.
Good thing the next few days we’re at anchor with no possibility of getting ourselves into any decadent dessert or alluring southern fried goodness.
We tried not to travel more than 30-35 miles per day, usually 5-7 hours total depending on tide and current (sometimes waiting for bridges to open). This gives us plenty of time to recharge before the following day. This schedule takes us to two quiet anchorages for the next two days.
We were greeted by dolphins and pelicans the first day as we arrived at the North Newport anchorage near St Catherine Island. We eagerly deployed the anchor with the newly installed anchor windlass. Claudia gave me a high five as we watched the windlass motor quietly lowered the anchor onto the ocean bed. Next morning we officially declared victory after the anchor came up flawlessly with the help of the new windlass.
Today we head out to another anchorage 35 miles away near St Simon’s Island and prepare for the coldest night since our journey as the temperature drops to the 30s. Our flannels are coming out of the closet and we’ll need to be extra friendly with each other tonight.
One last thing, our website was down for two days while we’re on anchorage without Internet coverage. Turns out our website hosting service messed up the security configurations during an upgrade. It was resolved quickly once we called their tech support.
You trip remains magical and so enjoy following along… somewhere there’s a book in this, I can see 🙂 Stay warm!!
Hi Kelli, I still can’t believe we are doing this . Every city is a new adventure! Thanks for checking in. I’ll miss Thanksgiving feast so please send me pictures of your beautiful grandkids and wonderful desserts💕💋💕 Have you started your Christmas cookies yet🧐
Hello Friends! your texts make our mouths water! And what about Savannah, is’nt it a Beautiful City! Enjoy all the way!!! Wish we would be there!
Hi Marie-France, Yes, Yes,Yes, the food and scenery… it’s hard to pick which one we loved more 💕. So glad we made the stop💕💋💕
Ahoy! You’re at Jekyll island where Kelly’s Dad used to live! We have visited a few times when the girls were youngsters. Keep an eye out for a children’s playground on the island. George Clifford (rip) helped fundraise and get built.🥰
Hi Sandy, Today the marina lent us a golf cart for 1.5 hours, this island is really beautiful! Tomorrow we are biking and I’ll be sure to check out the children’s playground(I’ll send you a picture too).
Someday Ryan,Kara and Shay can visit the playground where her great grandfather helped fundraise and get built. 💕😘💕