January 28

January 28, 2015

The trip today was cold but clear and calm. We managed to up anchor with no problems and we had the tide with us all day except for a couple of miles up the Doboy Sound. We are about 15 miles from meeting with C-Soul at the mouth of the Darien River.

Anyway, I forgot to tell you... we passed the old cemetery that was featured in the movie with Kevin Spacey: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Not my favourite movie but really interesting. The cemetery was very old and creepy, what I could see of it.

 

Old cemetary

Old cemetary

Storm damages

ON the quiet river

Shrimp boat passing us

Waiting to hit the dock

Shrimp fleet in Darien

Old warehouse ruins

celebration time, c'mon!

We have mixed feelings about the Georgia ICW. Some places are beautiful and wild and interesting; others are just boring and the weather sucks. Maybe warmer would make it nicer!?

We made it to Darien today and met up with C-Soul... back together again! The dock is free here, and we can stay for two days but we won’t. Tomorrow Rick is going to get the fuel in the morning and we will head out at the turn of the tide so we get a boost out of the river. We will go as far as we can to an anchorage and then head down to Brunswick, the last stop in Georgia or Fernandina Beach. That will take us into Florida. We will skip Jekyll Island this trip because it’s very expensive and we don’t want to stop that soon.

Right now we are tied up to the dock jut about under a bridge that appears to be a four lane highway. It’s quite noisy and sounds like thunder but the sky is clear, the winds calm and we only have to contend with the tidal current squashing us against the dock [ we have fenders out so the boat is ok].

So, here are some more pics. Enjoy!