Georgia 4/16-20/13

I'm not very impressed with Georgia. There's not much to see other than miles & miles of marsh land. The ICW is very windy & shallow in spots. Marinas are few & far in between, and located miles off the ICW. We've already out run the warm weather. It's cold & the water has been rough in the open areas because it is still so windy. When the wind stops we are attacked by gnats & black flies.

It sounds bad, but we are having fun. We have stopped at some places that we bypassed on the way down. Plus we keep meeting up with Lisa & Benny, from New Hampshire, on S/V Rhiannon. Even though they travel slower than us & we haven't made any plans with them, we keep ending up in the same marinas. They have a Black Lab at home that they miss, so they really seem to enjoy seeing Hooper.

We went to Lang's Marina in St. Mary's. They have floating docks, but many of the electric boxes were broken. We were lucky to find one that worked & had 50 amps. To get from the floating dock to land you have to walk a 1/2 mile long boardwalk over marsh. It's a really small town, but we found a restaurant with excellent Greek food.

We went to Brunswick Landing Marina. It was funny to see the two women that run the marina help tie us up. They both seem a bit rough around the edges & smoke cigarettes while guiding us to the slip & helping to tie up. Later in the day I thought one was going to knock me off the dock when she went by in her golf cart. We rode our bikes to the grocery store to get supplies. It was a much further ride than the dock ladies told us & it was in a scary part of town. Just glad we got back to the boat safely & still had our groceries. Later we went out for dinner in the Historical District, which was a much nicer & safer part of town.

Our next stop was 7 miles up the Medway River to the Sunbury Crab Company Restaurant & Marina. They advertise the place by saying "Key West just got a lot closer". Well this is a far cry from Key West! It's in the middle of nowhere with nothing around but one restaurant. Again the floating dock was a real long distance from land because of the marsh. The restaurant was pretty good with a fun atmosphere. The owner likes to cater to boaters, so she bought us a round of beers, gave us koozies, and offered a free bag of ice if we needed.

We then headed 8 miles up the Savannah River & stayed right in the heart of the historic area. We stayed an extra day to go sightseeing. Al fell in love with the pecan pralines at the candy shop. The currents are really swift on the river with a 9-ft. tidal range. We were right near the shipping port, so we saw all kinds of extremely large container ships, cruise ships & tugs go by. It was a fun sight to see them, but we had no protection from their wakes, so we got beat up pretty good at the dock. We had to close our transom door to prevent the large wakes from rolling right into the cockpit.

Next up will be Beaufort, SC.