Saturday & Sunday 2-7 & 8-09 
We departed at 08:45 after a cold night, but no frost or ice. Conditions were very calm and nice and the bright sunshine quickly warmed us as we proceeded up Cumberland sound through the U.S. Navy’s Kings Bay Submarine Base. The only thing stirring around the massive facility was a couple of guard boats standing station near where the ICW gets real close to the degaussing structure. There happened to be a submarine within the very large open steel structure as we passed. We motored on up the waterway that separates Cumberland Island from the mainland and at this point we were getting a boost from the outgoing tide as the water rushed toward St. Andrew Sound to the north. We would later have to cross St. Andrew to enter Jekyll Creek.
We were tied up at the marina’s long face dock by 12:30 and a little later we set up the computer with our web cam so we could have a visit with our Son and Grandson. Cameron was more interested in seeing things that we have around the boat, than visiting. We had to hold the camera and pan it around the cabin so he could see the clock and other details that he remembers about the boat.
Later, just before dark, Tom, our slip neighbor from St. Augustine, came in and we helped him tie up his Mainship trawler right behind us. His wife is away for a while and he decided to take a solo cruise up the ICW to some indefinite destination. Later in the evening while Polly and I were having a bite of dinner at Sea Jay’s, the marinas little restaurant, Tom came in and joined us at our table.Sunday morning the beautiful weather and warming trend continued so we unloaded our bikes and set off to explore Jekyll Island taking advantage of the network of great bicycle paths that total about 25 miles. We didn’t cover all of the trails but did get to the north end of the island and back by way of the little shopping center, before returning to the boat. After a short rest, we gave the boat a quick wash job to remove some of the salt spray we had picked up since St. Augustine. We focused a lot of attention on the vinyl windows of the bridge enclosure. They had picked up a filmy coating from the salt air and condensation over the past week or so. Evening brought a beautiful sunset and we ended the day with a couple of burgers done on the grill. We have another fairly early departure planned for morning because we want to have a much tidal dept as possible when we transit the remainder of Jekyll Creek
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We departed at 08:45 after a cold night, but no frost or ice. Conditions were very calm and nice and the bright sunshine quickly warmed us as we proceeded up Cumberland sound through the U.S. Navy’s Kings Bay Submarine Base. The only thing stirring around the massive facility was a couple of guard boats standing station near where the ICW gets real close to the degaussing structure. There happened to be a submarine within the very large open steel structure as we passed. We motored on up the waterway that separates Cumberland Island from the mainland and at this point we were getting a boost from the outgoing tide as the water rushed toward St. Andrew Sound to the north. We would later have to cross St. Andrew to enter Jekyll Creek.
We were tied up at the marina’s long face dock by 12:30 and a little later we set up the computer with our web cam so we could have a visit with our Son and Grandson. Cameron was more interested in seeing things that we have around the boat, than visiting. We had to hold the camera and pan it around the cabin so he could see the clock and other details that he remembers about the boat.
Later, just before dark, Tom, our slip neighbor from St. Augustine, came in and we helped him tie up his Mainship trawler right behind us. His wife is away for a while and he decided to take a solo cruise up the ICW to some indefinite destination. Later in the evening while Polly and I were having a bite of dinner at Sea Jay’s, the marinas little restaurant, Tom came in and joined us at our table.Sunday morning the beautiful weather and warming trend continued so we unloaded our bikes and set off to explore Jekyll Island taking advantage of the network of great bicycle paths that total about 25 miles. We didn’t cover all of the trails but did get to the north end of the island and back by way of the little shopping center, before returning to the boat. After a short rest, we gave the boat a quick wash job to remove some of the salt spray we had picked up since St. Augustine. We focused a lot of attention on the vinyl windows of the bridge enclosure. They had picked up a filmy coating from the salt air and condensation over the past week or so. Evening brought a beautiful sunset and we ended the day with a couple of burgers done on the grill. We have another fairly early departure planned for morning because we want to have a much tidal dept as possible when we transit the remainder of Jekyll Creek
.Sunset to port
Full Moon
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starboard
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