4/8/17 thru 4/17/17

4/8...................This morning we leave Jekyll Island and travel 77 miles to our anchorage @ Red Bird Creek.
4/9...................We left the anchorage early this morning and had a 67 mile ride to anchor out again
in Station's Creek; we are now in South Carolina. Along the way, we stopped @ Thunderbolt Marina in Savannah, Ga.
4/10...................Today is a 62 mile trip to Church Creek, anchoring out again.
4/11...................Pulled anchor early and traveled 68 miles to the Santee River for another night out under the moon.......
4/12....................Today we left @ sunrise and rode for only 47 miles to Osprey Marina in Myrtle Beach. We rented a car for some much needed errands, Post Office & CVS!!!!!
4/14....................Returned the car this morning and headed north for a 58 mile day. We stopped @ St. James Plantation Marina in Southport, NC  This is a residential resort, very nice marina and a great restaurant on site.
4/15.....................We are up early this next morning traveling 72 miles to Mile Hammock Bay. This is our last anchorage for awhile.
4/16.......................Pulled anchor @ 7:30 for a 43 mile trip to Morehead City, NC  We bought fuel, tomorrow we are headed to New Bern, NC
4//17......................Today is another short one, only 44 miles to New Bern, NC where we will stay for 2 weeks.The AGLCA Spring Rendezvous 4/25 thru 4/28. This is the organization that we "loopers" are members off! They have 2 of these meetings each year to educate us on our travels.

Coming up on the Savannah River

Water................lol

Sunrise

Sunrise with Dolphin

Dolphin

Moon reflection

Sunrise

Cold morning for Marena

Marena

Sunrise

Dinner @ St James Plantation

Marena's spot every morning

Cargo ship in passing

Love this copper roof that has patinaed

Pink house, boat and lighthouse

Marena discovered the split in seats would hold her "bully stick"!

 

4/5/17

I'M CAUGHT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MARENA SAYS "HI"

THIS IS AN AWESOME RECIPE & SO SIMPLE TO MAKE

3/28/17 thru 4/1/17

We left Ft. Pierce early on the 28th, heading up the ICW to Titusville, where we will anchor at the NASA Causeway Bridge. We've anchored here twice and it has proved to be a good anchorage. One thing that makes it a good stop is because it's right off the channel and quick to get back into the ICW when you are ready to leave. Some anchorages are far off the channel, which takes extra time The next morning we left at dawn, we have an 84 mile run today to Palm Coast Marina. We spent just one night here, but it was long enough to see that we'd like to come back. The next morning we filled our fuel tanks and headed 64 miles for the "free dock" at Jacksonville. We stayed here until 4/1 waiting for the wind to settle down enough for us to travel the 56 miles to Jekyll Island.
We have passed the island twice but never stopped, always on a mission to "get somewhere else"!! This turned out to be a great stop. Neither of us have ever been here and glad we made this a stop. There is a bike trail around the island, historical district, a new small shopping area and a new Westin Hotel. We didn't get to leave here as planned, will end up staying a week. The weather is not cooperating; IT's SPRING!!!!! Our plans are to leave here on Saturday...............

I need this..................

Goodyear Blimp!!!

Dredging .................

St. Augustine

Bridge of Lions @ St. Augustine

The Great Cross

Our 1st view of a man dangling from a helicopter!

"I fly through the air with the greatest of ease"....

"Just a little lower and I'll be able to reach that pole".....

"Got it"..................

"Almost"................

Marena waiting for Sonny to return; "there he comes"!

Sign says "Amelia Island" entrance

Faith Chapel in Jekyll Island

Club Hotel w/ croquet playing on the lawn

Sonny on bike

Historic District

 

3/18/17 thru 3/27/17

Great music while there.....

View of Saturday's Farmers Mkt

Having morning coffee

Isn't she precious?

Park overlooking water

Park

Marena's fave pastime; chasing squirrels up tree!

Archie's Restaurant 1947 on beach

Archie's

We left Marsh Harbor, went to an anchorage then back to West End where we will wait for good weather and cross back to the states. I'm getting sick again; this makes my second time for Bronchitis since Christmas. Yuk!!!
We waited @ West End for a few days for good weather and I felt so bad that I couldn't even ride my bike back to the beach where there was lots of beach glass...soooo sad!!!!!
When we did cross, it was a lot rougher than we expected. The trip was 100 miles, the 1st 10 was ok, the next 60 was rough (3'-6' seas), then the last 30  was very calm. I ended up napping for a long time. Getting to Ft. Pierce, Fl was a big relief. I was so glad to see american soil ahead of us!!! Plus I was glad to see the AT&T logo come up on my phone. Not having internet for 6 weeks about killed me! LOL Mel & Ann (MorningStar), were there plus they had a car (yay!); so the next day Mel took me to an Urgent Clinic, where I spent several hours and found out that I had Bronchitis again and some pneumonia. No wonder I could hardly breathe or didn't have any energy..............Sonny had to grocery shop and run whatever errands we had to do. Poor Sonny.......................We did go to the farmers market on Saturday, and visited with Mel and Ann on their boat. On Monday we rented a car and drove to the beach to eat at Archie's.