Went to the Beach at Jekyll Island, Ga.; Fueled Up; Anchoring in Florida Tomorrow

Spent the morning cleaning and reorganizing the boat. Then Chuck took Jazzy for a walk while I made bacon and French toast for breakfast.Then we moved the boat to the fuel dock, fueled up and moved back to our spot on the transient dock. They had five boats coming in at once yesterday, so we didn't fuel up when we arrived.

We left Jazzy on the boat and walked up to the new convention center on the ocean side of the island. There is so much development since we were here four years ago. They put sidewalks in everywhere and really beautified the area. A bike path was added all around the island and the marina has free bicycles to loan.

There's a Days Inn down from the convention center and three more hotels and a shopping complex are under construction.

It felt good to get our toes in the sand and the ocean! It was 80 degrees here today. We even turned the air conditioning on in the boat when we got back to the marina.

We fueled up and are ready to head to Florida tomorrow. We're planning on staying in an anchorage just below Fernandina Beach.

I made NY strip steaks, baked potatoes and a Caesar salad for dinner. Then we walked up and sat at a picnic table with a bottle of wine and listened to the band that was playing at Sea Jay's. I even got Chuck to dance under the trees. It was a wonderful evening.

Tomorrow: Anchorage in Ft. George River or Sisters Creek

This is part of a mile-long barge that went past us today!

Walking to the new convention center on Jekyll Island.

The beach!

We near the very back on the right.

Tonight's sunset...beautiful!