Savannah to Fernandina

Wednesday- we took the rental car into town. We wandered around, window shopped,
then had a great lunch at B&D's Burgers- "the best burger in Savannah!"
I agree! Mine had guacamole on it. yum-oh.

Thursday- we left Thunderbolt Marina at sunrise and I got a fantastic picture!
Thursday was a long day on the water, accompanied by about a bajillion dolphins and one ray! He came all the way out of the water- way cool! We got into St Simons after 3:00. Leo met us and drove us all to supper at Crabdaddy's on the island. Oh-em-gee, did I have some amazing shrimp! and it was Barry's genius idea to ask if we could have them two ways- so I had half blackened and half fried... boy, was I food-happy :) see? food-happiness.

Tonight we are in Fernandina- love this place :) I went for a walk, window shopped, people-watched. Tonight we have supper plans with Barry and Alice's friends Jim and Bo (sp?).
Tomorrow, we're leaving later than usual to catch all the tides at the right time.

I hope you all have enjoyed reading about our short little adventure! Ciao!

Don't worry, it's not terminal.

Yesterday afternoon, when we passed the lighthouse on the point on our way in to Golden Isles Marina on St Simons Island, I decided I would wait until this morning to take a picture of it for you... the sunrise would be behind it and it would be prettier.

So this morning, when we were leaving Golden Isles, headed out to the ocean, I was sitting up on the bridge with Barry, coffee in hand, watching a great sunrise... hot pink, a little hazy, it looked HUGE, coming up right next to the lighthouse...

I said, "Wow, that is beautiful. It would make a fantastic picture... you know, if I weren't so lazy..."
To which Barry responded, "It's a disease, Ashley."

My coffee was really good.

Well, anyway, let's move on to what I DID take pictures of...
We left yesterday morning at sunrise and I got this picture of Doctors Lake Bridge:

Then, as we headed past downtown Jax I got some pretty cool ones too:
The Landing:


Maxwell House (coincidentally, what I was drinking at the time...)


EverBank Stadium:

and the fire station:

Then, I took a picture of this huge ship...

Just to show you this fender... because I think they look cool.

We got to Hilton Head to today around 3 maybe... rinsed the boat, took a walk around the marina... you know where it's not ANY cooler than at home? South Carolina. It is blistery outside.

Thanks for reading! Miss you! :)

Shrimp n' Grits!

Evening folks!

We're back on the boat! We left Doctors Lake this mornin at 6:30, had a VERY pleasant 9ish hour trip up to St Simons Island, saw a couple dolphins, and even a turtle!, and got to chat with a submarine... it was a BEAUTIFUL day on the ocean, even if it was blasted hot...

I got a pretty picture of the St Simons Island lighthouse for you!


Barry and Alice's friends Grace and Leo live near here, and met up with us for supper at a restaurant we visited last June... the food was JUST as good as we remembered it! :) and by "good," I mean amazing. I do love food.

Tomorrow we're headed to Hilton Head for a couple days- Yay!

oooh! and click on our SPOT link on the right hand side of the page- under the songs- you can follow us! Hansel and Gretel-style! we're so cool!

That's all for tonight, friends! Thanks for readin! :)

Day 1

Howdy folks! Congratulations, you’re reading my very first post from the boat! (I’m new at this blogging thing, so there are a lot of firsts…) let me set the scene for you: I’m sitting on the sofa, I’m in my comfies, and I’m stuffed because I just ate an amazing dinner at the marina’s restaurant. Oh, and it’s raining outside. Best trip ever? Duh.

So I wanted to tell you all the cool stuff we did today… or at least the stuff I can remember. (it was a long day… and we saw a lot of really cool stuff…)

ok, so first of all, just after we got past NAS Jax, we met a friend! A beautiful boat named Five Star, and we chatted with them over the radio for a while… they were on their way to Wilmington and followed in our wake until we got out into the channel… here’s a picture of our friends following in our wake- and that’s some of the Jax skyline behind them… oh, and some crazy sea gulls.



It's a little ridiculous that this is the ONLY picture I took today.

we saw TONS of bridges… but keep in mind we were in Jacksonville for much of the morning… right under the I-95 bridge, we saw 2 dolphins!

Later, just north of Jacksonville, we saw a dredger in action! Looked kinda like the one that was in our canal, only about 12 times bigger…

We saw the St Johns River lighthouse (WAY too tiny to get a picture of…) and the St Simons Island lighthouse (no excuse for not getting a picture of that one… shame on me.)

I learned how to set lines… and fenders… which is cool- in some ways it’s easier than on a smaller boat, and in some ways it’s harder. With a smaller boat, I generally have jumped off with the line in hand and brought the boat to me. Today, I learned how to be ready when the Captain gets the boat exactly where he wants it, then I throw the line. Oh, and I should mention, just as a little side-note/bragging on my Captain, he did it without thrusters! They’re broken til we get to Charleston.

Friends of the Captain met us here at Golden Isles Marina and had dinner with us. They’re gonna meet us again in Newport (tentatively). I just love meeting new people. :D

Also, while listening to the Margaritaville station on Sirius, we heard Jimmy Buffet’s cover of “Southern Cross.” Definitely a best part of my day…