Jekyll Harbor Marina – mm 684

Coordinates 31 degrees 9N, 81degrees 29W

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Forgot to tell you yesterday, we passed Moon River.  The MOON RIVER, of which the song was written by Johnny Mercer and sung by Andy Williams.  I love that song!

Today is the 14th day on our way to Florida.  We have adjusted so well to this lifestyle it seems like the three of us, Belle, JB and me, are as one.  The rhythm of the water gently rocking our home is comfortable and joyful.

JB took this photo while underway.  He said it looks like Miller Time.  What do you think?

 

The magenta line of our course in the ICW on our charts was even more difficult to follow today.  We traveled mostly at low tide. (Can you see the tide line toward the top of the marsh grass?)  The chart started showing alternative routes in dotted lines.  I really don’t know how JB figured out how to proceed. It was mind boggling.  No street signs here!  He had the depth finder alarm set for 5’ which means 6.5’ because of its location.  The thing was going off all day!  Some times he was in the center of the river and the chart showed him in the marsh!  For a short time we followed a sailboat in these shallow depths.  The had their sails out so they could heel which raised their keel.  In retrospect, JB said he wouldn’t do that stretch of the ICW again.  The weather was so good we should have gone out the St. Catherines Inlet and come back at Brunswick.

JB called ahead for gas at Ocean Petroleum in Brunswick, GA.  It was 5.5 miles off off the ICW.  He was told they sold gas for $2.69/gal.  Sounded almost too good to believe. When we arrived around 4pm we were told they only sold diesel.  Even the guide said they sold gas!  Now we were forced to continue and no real anchorages nearby.

 

Turning lemons into lemonade, we decided to spend the night at Jekyll Harbor Marina.  We had dinner out.   Tomorrow we plan to ride our bikes around the island, finish our laundry, and get a late start for Cumberland Island, Ga.  We plan to anchor out and dinghy to shore.  It is supposed to be an extremely beautiful island with wild horses.  It was once the home of Andrew Carnegie’s brother.  At that point, we will only be 7 miles from Fernandina Beach, FLORIDA!!!!