This was the sunrise this morning. The water was like glass.
We traveled through Doboy Sound to Old Teakettle Creek, through Creighton Narrows, Front River and across Sapelo Sound, thtrough Johnson Creek (we bumped going around marker 131A). Then North Dewport River into St. Catherine's Sound, past Kilkenny Creek where we stayed on the way down, and through Bear River into Florida Passage, through Vernon River, Burnside River, Skidaway Narrows, Skidaway River to Thunderbolt.
We saw a big school of dolphins at green marker 157 and a loan dolphin at R156. Winds were 8 knots. SOG was 6.5 knots at 3200 rpms. The winds in Sapelo Sound were 11 knots from the East.
I keep trying to get photos of dolphins, but they are quick and me and my camera are not!
Both sails were out at 11:35 a.m. and we motored at 2500 rpms. Winds were 9-11 knots NE. SOG was 7.5 knots. Thunderbolt is near Hogan's Marina and Turner Creek, where we stayed on the way down.
We arrived at Thunderbolt Marina at 3:15 p.m., fueled up and docked starboard to a long dock. They are floating docks! Oh, how I love floating docks. There is an eight-foot tidal change here, so no fooling around with dock lines for Chuck. That's a break.
I helped Patti dye her hair. Then she put in laundry. There was only three washers and two dryers. I'll do mine tomorrow. Chuck and I walked to Tubby's for dinner. Patti and Wayne were having leftovers. They are going out tomorrow with a friend of his.
Wednesday, April 21:
Thunderbolt Marina delivers U.S.A. Today and six warm Krispy Kreme donuts to each boat at 7 a.m. every day. What a pleasant surprise! Glad we're not staying here more than two days...those Krispy Kremes go down too easy and have waaaaaayyyy too many calories! It was nice to read a newspaper for a change. We've probably only seen a newspaper three or four times on this trip. It's been kind of nice to not know what's going on (ignorance is bliss). All our news is from my Facebook friends and Comcast when we log in to our email. LOL.
Chuck, Patti and I took a taxi into Savannah for the day. Wayne was staying at the marina while they made a minor repair to his engine. We were dropped off at City Market, where we were greeted with handfuls of caramel corn. Yum.
We took the Oglethorpe Trolley Tour. The 90-minute tour was only $15 pp and gave us a good overview of the historic city and its history. There's so much history here!
For those who haven't been to Savannah, the historic city is in wards with "squares" every few blocks. The squares are beautifully landscaped parks with monuments offering historical information. The homes, churches and businesses are all around the square. It's really neat.
After the trolley tour, Chuck went to the Maritime Museum, and Patti and I walked around some of the squares and then did some shopping. First stop: The Paula Deen store.
We walked over to the gold domed City Hall and took the elevator down to the riverwalk. We walked along the riverwalk and into some of the shops. Wayne met up with a retired electrician friend of his and his wife and called Patti to meet with her. So they they met up while I walked the riverwalk toward the maritime museum to meet up with Chuck.
It was a fun day. Chuck and I took a taxi back to the marina. I took Jazzy for a walk and did three loads of laundry. I made chicken Caesar salad for dinner. We had the leftover chocolate cheesecake from dinner the night before.
Below are more pix from Savannah, taken from the trolley tour. Then Chuck took the camera to the maritime museum.
The Waving Girl Statue honors Florence Margaret Martus, who was known by all the ship captains in the early 1900s for waving to all shipping traffic sailing into and out of Savannah.
Below is the bench where the "Life is like a box of chocolates" scene was filmed with Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump. Next stop: Beaufort, SC
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