Tuesday, April 11 - To Savannah

Tuesday, April 11 - To Savannah

Our anchorage last night was off St. Catherine's Island.  This morning as we left, the marsh was just as beautiful in the early light of day!

At the far north point of the island was a passage called Hell Gate that the guide book describes as treacherous due to current, a narrow channel, and shoaling.  The red and green markers zig-zag'ed through the gate, but Captain Dan did a great job navigating. 

Some nature shots. 

We stopped for lunch just as we got to Skidaway Island, and eagle-eye Danny spotted these wild hogs.  They were technically on Green Island, but close to houses on Skidaway. We hope the water between the two islands was wide. 

This picture shows some of the houses on Skidaway River.  I always knew I wanted to live on the Intracoastal Waterway! 

Our marina for the night was Isle of Hope Marina.  We didn't want to keep going long enough to get downtown, and the marina in between was full, so we stopped a little early.  Always a good option in our opinion. 

We was some Loopers that had been in Brunswick with us, and met a couple from Connecticut who bought a bought in Stuart, Florida, and just started cruising without any kind of plan, stopping when they needed to go back home.  We are also starting to see more boats headed south, they must have waited until it was warm enough to leave home.

This is the first marina we have been in that has all boats anchored alongside the docks rather in slips.  We don't know if it was due to the tide, the current, or just the best way to use the space they had available.

Since we stopped for the day early, Danny washed the boat and I washed the clothes.  I did spray the boat a little, but he did most of the work.  Navigating and doing the laundry is hard work!

Good night, moon.