Day 359 - Fernandina Beach, FL to St. Simons Island, GA
Day 359 - Thursday, April 20th: This morning was hazy and overcast early. The tide was out, and we were reminded what it looks like when a 6-7 foot tide is low; it looks like someone drained the ocean:
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Yesterday we had cruised into the anchorage right over these berms. Of course we had about five feet of water at the time:
It looks funny to see docks high out of the water. This is why most folks have floating docks whenever possible:
We got underway about 10:30am since we had a fairly short run (about forty miles) and it would be daylight until after 8:00pm. We got a closer look at the nearby paper mill; this morning we could smell it:
We needed fuel so we pulled into "Florida Petroleum Services," the largest dealer in these parts and who had the best, not good but the best, prices:
Florida Petroleum sells to the shrimpers so does a big volume. The fleet is pretty big:
We passed several more paper mills leaving Fernandina:
We cruised against the tidal current for most of the day. We crossed the St. Mary's River, marking our return to Georgia. We cruised past Cumberland Island National Seashore and St. Andrews Sound. As we ducked behind Jekyll Island, we could see the "Summer Waves Water Park" on the island:
We bypassed Jekyll Harbor Marina because they were full. After seeing the cruise ship docked at the transient dock we figured out why:
It wasn't one of the huge cruise ships, but more the size we might be willing to travel on one day:
Just north of Jekyll we spotted the new Sidney Lanier Bridge taking US 17 into Brunswick, GA:
We eased behind St. Simons Island and spotted this vintage wooden boat across from Golden Isles Marina; it was very pretty:
Golden Isles Marina was our home for the night. It was a very well-equipped and friendly marina. This is the dockmaster's office and ships store at the transient dock:
We washed the salt off the boat and took a happy hour libation down the dock to visit with Gene and Kathy aboard Front Page, a 63-foot Ocean Alexander motor yacht that we had seen in Fort Myers in January. It is a lovely vessel as you might imagine. Of course, we had to get a picture:
Can you guess that Gene and Kathy own six community newspapers in Wisconsin and Michigan? We enjoyed our visit immensely.
The sunset tonight was nice, and we could see the remains of more thunderheads moving southward. Thank goodness we didn't have a repeat of last night!
We decided to eat aboard tonight since we had lots of food that needed eating up before we got back to Savannah.
Position tonight: N31 09.960 W081 24.931
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