King's Bay Submarine Base and St. Andrews Sound are between Fernandina and Jekyll, and I have provided what photos I could. We couldn't get very close to King's Bay and that was OK with us. There were lots of Homeland Security boats going by, and they looked like they meant business. St. Andrew's Sound was easily the worst conditions we have had during the entire trip. The wind was whipping, and there were large waves that broke over the bow and rolled us when we had to change course.We very happily pulled into the marina at Jekyll and hung out for the evening!
Yesterday (Wednesday) we cruised a long way to get to Kilkenny Marina, near Richmond Hill. We had a very nice meal with Chris Davis and his family. This morning we started home. There is a new bridge under construction at Skidaway - we didn't know if that would affect our transit. As it turns out, there was no problem at all.
We cruised past Isle of Hope, and then turned aside to stop at the Yacht Club for a couple of hours. Rebecca wants to be at the dock when we get home, and she can't leave school early. We are hanging out here so that we can show up at the correct time. I will finish up my blog tomorrow (or maybe the next day)!
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| The sub base |
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| Homeland Security |
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| White pelicans - don't see them around here often |
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| This doesn't even begin to show how rough it was! |
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| A dolphin boat at Jekyll |
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| Millionaire village |
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| This area was very shallow |
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| Some of the small islands had areas of stone like this. The stone was ballast in ships that came here to harvest oak trees for ship-building |
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| Coming into Kilkenny |
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| We had an escort this morning |
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| Bridge-building at Skidaway |
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| Isle of Hope marina |
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| Almost there... |
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| Savannah Yacht Club |
What and adventure. I wish Nanc and I could have joined you. S
ReplyDeleteWe do too, Speedy. We think about you all the time and hope that you will come visit us when you are ready. Beth
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