Anchored in St. George's River, Fla.

After my posting yesterday, I groomed Jazzy then showered and we took a walk with the dogs to the Jekyll Island Historic District where the winter homes of some our country's wealthiest people used to winter. Their homes, from the turn of the century, are now museums and there are shops and restaurants there. I hope we can return on our way home to spend some time there, but we're on a push to get south.

We took the dogs back to the boats, then went to Sea Jay's Restaurant and Cafe in our marina to celebrate Chuck and Patti's birthdays. We returned to our boat for coffee.

This morning, the alarms went off at 5:45 a.m. and we were up and dressed, only to be held back by a thick fog bank. We could barely see the bridge that 1,000 ft. away. We made breakfast and waited for the fog to clear. We launched about 9:35 a.m., traveling through Jekyll Creek, Jekyll Sound, through the Cumberland River and Cumberland Soundings.

The magenta line on the GPS disappeared for a little while, so we resorted to paper charts to make sure we stayed in the preferred channel. I follow along as we go each day noting our markers with post-it note strips.

We crossed the Georgia/Florida border around 1:45 p.m. We went past Fernandina Beach, through the Amelia River and the magenta line reappeared. The sun finally made an appearance. We went down the South Amelia River. Winds were variable from 0-5 knots all day, so no sails. We went down Sawpit Creek and the sun was glaring.

At about 4:45 p.m. we turned into the St. George's River and dropped anchor. Patti is cooking tonight, so we'll dinghy over to Bum's Rest.

Tomorrow: St. Augustine Municipal Marina