Before we left Myrtle Beach we met people on an Island Packet sailboat headed for the Keys. It is their first time south and they were having a really good time. While we were in Myrtle Beach we also enjoyed many a meal, laughter and crafts with our MB family. We attended church with them and spent time with their friends. We have missed having Sunday dinner with them since then.
I distracted myself, so let me go back to what we have been doing since we left Myrtle Beach. Then onto the picture that I am sure is everyone’s favorite.
We anchored 7 nights on our way to River’s Edge Marina in St. Augustine. It was a great time, the weather was perfect, the seas were calm and the views were outstanding. Six years ago I could not have told you the port from the starboard or how seas and winds can combine to make a rough ride. I have an entirely new language now.
When I tell you the names of the anchorages, they will mean something to many of you and to others just know that most of them are wonderful places.
The day we left Myrtle Beach we went as far as Minum Creek mm (mile marker) 415.
Day 2-Wappoo Creek (Charleston) on Eliot’s Cut mm 470
Day 3-Brickyard Creek mm 529
Day 4-New River mm 570
Georgia
Day 5-Wahoo River mm 630 (We love this anchorage)
Day 6-Lanier Island at St. Simons Island mm 675
Florida
Day 7-Alligator Pass mm726
At the Lanier Island Anchorage we saw the exact same boat as ours, only it was a 90 and ours is a 92.
In general, Florida doesn’t have well protected anchorages and there aren’t a whole lot of places we can get out of the wind. We will never stay at Alligator Pass again. If Fernandina Marina had been open we would have stayed there, but it has been closed since Hurricane Matthew which devastated all the docks. We can’t stay at an anchorage there either, because there isn’t any place to dock the dinghy.
Day 8 of our trip to Fort Myers. We stopped at River’s Edge Marina in St. Augustine for a few days. We had a nice time visiting with our friends from Chesapeake a cute Manatee.
Leaving St. Augustine our first stop was Shady Place in Daytona. This is an anchorage with no protection from anywhere unless perhaps there is a westerly wind and very little seas otherwise it works fine.
Next stop was Banana River, a favorite of ours. There are young people sculling.
“Sculling is the use of oars to propel a boat by moving the oars through the water on both sides of the craft, or moving a single oar over the stern. By extension, the oars themselves are often referred to as sculls when used in this manner, and the boat itself may be referred to as a scull.”
Next stop Fabre Cove in Ft. Pierce lots of boats well protected from weather we didn’t have.
The several stops were Four Rivers in Stuart, Clewiston, the dolphins, Franklin Locks Marina then Fort Myers.
I had a spell of being very sad thinking about going to Fort Myers Yacht Basin. Several of our friends had moved on to other ways to spend their winters. By the time we reached FMYB I was fine and looked forward to seeing the people that were coming back.
It was quite cold coming down the East Coast many times we had a wool blanket and a down comforter.
We have this very special person in our lives, Cousin Susan. I don’t know how refer to her so people know who I am talking about so rather than say, “Rob’s cousin Susan” I affectionately refer to her as Cousin Susan. I don’t know why I needed to tell you that but I did.
Another Apple product has gone dark so it is at the Computer Medics in Ft. Myers.
We wish you all the joy that you can hold in your heart and that you are always warm, fed and loved.
Tricia and Rob
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