Monday 12-29-08
We are back aboard.
We boarded a Southwest flight yesterday (Sunday) morning at Philadelphia where the sky was overcast with some drizzle. We were number 14 or 15 for takeoff and finally got airborne 10 minutes late. We must have departed to the south because the plane didn’t seem to make any turns at all for nearly 2 hours. Jacksonville was severe clear with a light wind and 75+ degrees as we arrived at the gate, 5 minutes early. Our one checked duffle was almost waiting for us when we got to the luggage claim conveyor and we walked about 30 yards to the curb to wait for Sherry, our ride back to the marina. We barely had time to discuss how she might find us, when she rolled up to the curb. Within 10 minutes we were headed north on I-95 at 80 MPH and in a bit more than an hour we were aboard FLIGHT and changing our clothes to get ready to wash off the bird poop that had accumulated.
Sherry, who is the assistant manager of Brunswick Landing Marina, offered us the loaner van for getting supplies, so after we had the boat cleaned up and things put away, we headed out for some dinner and a few essential things for the morning. We decided to head up to Mud Cat Charlie’s for some seafood, we really hadn’t eaten anything substantial since mid afternoon on Saturday and rationalized that was justification for a dose of fried fish and shrimp. We stopped at a Winn Dixie grocery on the way back to the boat for the supplies we would need for breakfast – cereal, milk OJ etc.
This morning we set out early with the list of provisions we made last night. A stop at Lowes and then the Walmart SuperCenter took care of the entire list (including a box of good wine) so we headed back to the marina. Polly put the groceries away and I started checking out various boat systems – GPS, instruments, boat engine, plumbing, genset etc. and happily, all was just fine. A few other minor boat maintenance things were tended to as Polly did
some laundry. By mid afternoon we agreed, we are ready to go.Tomorrow we will get underway about 8 AM since the tide will be on it’s way in and we want to have comfortable depths as we transit the stretch of water behind Jekyll Island – remember, the tidal range here in southern Georgia is about 8.5 feet. We expect to sleep in Florida tomorrow night
We are back aboard.
We boarded a Southwest flight yesterday (Sunday) morning at Philadelphia where the sky was overcast with some drizzle. We were number 14 or 15 for takeoff and finally got airborne 10 minutes late. We must have departed to the south because the plane didn’t seem to make any turns at all for nearly 2 hours. Jacksonville was severe clear with a light wind and 75+ degrees as we arrived at the gate, 5 minutes early. Our one checked duffle was almost waiting for us when we got to the luggage claim conveyor and we walked about 30 yards to the curb to wait for Sherry, our ride back to the marina. We barely had time to discuss how she might find us, when she rolled up to the curb. Within 10 minutes we were headed north on I-95 at 80 MPH and in a bit more than an hour we were aboard FLIGHT and changing our clothes to get ready to wash off the bird poop that had accumulated.
Sherry, who is the assistant manager of Brunswick Landing Marina, offered us the loaner van for getting supplies, so after we had the boat cleaned up and things put away, we headed out for some dinner and a few essential things for the morning. We decided to head up to Mud Cat Charlie’s for some seafood, we really hadn’t eaten anything substantial since mid afternoon on Saturday and rationalized that was justification for a dose of fried fish and shrimp. We stopped at a Winn Dixie grocery on the way back to the boat for the supplies we would need for breakfast – cereal, milk OJ etc.
This morning we set out early with the list of provisions we made last night. A stop at Lowes and then the Walmart SuperCenter took care of the entire list (including a box of good wine) so we headed back to the marina. Polly put the groceries away and I started checking out various boat systems – GPS, instruments, boat engine, plumbing, genset etc. and happily, all was just fine. A few other minor boat maintenance things were tended to as Polly did
some laundry. By mid afternoon we agreed, we are ready to go.Tomorrow we will get underway about 8 AM since the tide will be on it’s way in and we want to have comfortable depths as we transit the stretch of water behind Jekyll Island – remember, the tidal range here in southern Georgia is about 8.5 feet. We expect to sleep in Florida tomorrow night
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