Mike, Joell and our dog Elwood: March 2017

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Wednesday

March 29th, 2017

Cruising through Georgia...great skies!

Redundancy, redundancy, redundancy...

Ok, the MacBook Air laptop runs Polar Navy Navigation and gets it's GPS via bluetooth from a Dual 160 receiver, which is set directly in front of Joell. We also had the iPad Pro located where Joell is looking now, but we fried it in the sun 😂and it'll no longer stay connected to the Dual 160 GPS via bluetooth...(can't use that for anymore navigation), so now it's located in the top right part of the screen and only used for internet and Joell's older iPad is now at the helm. The other iPad by the coffee cup is an original iPad and only pumps music into our stereo. We use all Ram Mounts to hold the iPads...great mounts...

We crossed over the Savannah River, thank God, just before this big bugger headed out to sea...

Another Hurricane Matthue result?

We're now in Beaufort, S.C. on a mooring ball for one week...($105 buckireenies for the week)

Were told Hurricane Matthew sunk this on right at the city dock...

Just a beautiful boat here at the City Dock...

Sunday, March 26, 2017

Saturday

March 25th, 2017

Steve from Sanctuary and I having Oysters on the half shell at Hurricane Patty's...

Steve showed me how to load up the crackers...

The whole group at Hurricane Patty's...

Steve, Mike, Joell

Theresa in the green and her sister Karen...

Sunday

March 26th, 2017

The next day Joell and I stayed at a free dock in a park...

We meet some colorful fishermen... this is Anthony... Anthony gave me some shrimp to use for fishing and he's one of our finest...Anthony was in the Marine's...Thanks Anthony!

On the way to our next anchorage... not hard to take...

Super long piers...

Video

Another sad grounding...

Not sure what happened here, I know hurricane Matthew came through here...

an old rusty tug....

Our boat somewhere... Steve and Theresa took...

Saturday, March 25, 2017

Friday

March 24, 2017

Today we hit gold! Well at least gas was cheaper then anywhere else on the loop so far. A truck came to the marina and pumped us full. We even filled our 75 gallon bladder. The guy trucking it in is third generation doing this. It is mainly for the local farmers.

This is Rivers Edge Marine located in St. Augustine, Fl..

Right next door is Hurricane Patty's Restaurant...

95 cent shrimp and they were super large and delicious...

Hurricane Patty's back open bar (currently closed in this early morning)

Their deck...

A little seating overlooking the marina...

one of the plants blooming in the area...

heading back to the boat...

We had a gas truck pull up and fill our 214 gallon gas tank and also the 75 gallon bladder which is currently on the front of the boat... we'll transfer it once our internal gas tank falls below half...

$2.26 a gallon... lowest price on the trip...

This is Sanctuary, a De Fever 41' boat that Steve and Theresa own... we've been traveling with them on and off...

Saturday
March 25, 2017

Sanctuary

Scenery along the way...

a couple of Tows... what are they up to?

looks like super long pipe to us...

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Wednesday

March 22, 2017

Define the word "close"

We have had a lot of friends, who live in Florida, visit us during this wonderful trip. Quite a few of them traveled 2 to 2 1/2 hours, so we could enjoy their company. My point, our nephew was less than an hour from our anchorage last night and we couldn't see him. He would have taken a cab to visit us, but it was impossible. We had the Ponce de Leon Inlet to our east and deserted islands all around. During the day a lot of boaters were enjoying the beautiful beaches, but at night all was quiet. There was no place around us to get to the mainland. So close, yet so far away.

We weren't very happy with our meal at Cracker Jack's that was recommended by the marina...
Poor management, and under staffed... I had no idea I was displaying the crossed arm form of disappointment...