Anchored Out!

This was last nights sunset. We anchored in Walburg Creek last night. We tucked up in by St. Catherines Island. The island is a research center and refuge for endangered species. The ringtail lemur is one of the inhabitants. We sat in the cockpit most of the evening and I kept watching but never saw a single lemur. 

The dolphins, though gave us quite the show. 

This was this mornings sunrise. Our anchorage last night was great but it had a shoal at the opening to the creek. We came in at high tide or near it and wanted go exit the creek about the same. We were awake at 5 AM and bringing up the anchor at first light and out of the creek by sunup. 

We had to transit four inlets that came in from the ocean today. Surprisingly they weren't rough given the high winds today. We saw over 20 knots of wind, 5-10 miles per hour were predicted, so much for the weather report. This fishing boat with his nets down was even just inside an inlet. 

We weren't sure how far we would make it today, given the hour we got underway. We are very anxious to get through Georgia. The ICW hasn't been dredged in years and has shoaling everywhere. We have been lucky up until today. We bumped in the channel twice in the same spot. When Larry checked Active Captain ,  other cruisers said they bumped in the same spot. Between the constant diligence while on the helm and swatting horse flies, it will be good to get to Florida. No marsh means no horse flies. They bite so hard they take flesh with them. Even the common house fly like a to bite here. 

Well we made it to Jekyll Island. It's still in Georgia but we needed to stop after 11 hours on the water. I will admit it is a beautiful island. I love the moss covered trees. Today we covered the amount of miles we normally cover in two days. Tomorrow Larry needs to catch up on some stuff for work and we both need a break. It looks like we will possibly stay put for a day and be underway the next day. Besides we have been watching the storm developing in south Florida so we don't want to get there too quickly.