Merry Christmas everyone!

It is hard to believe it's that time of year again already.

We have made it down to Jacksonville, Fl, and we had a great trip. I hope that our time here is as awesome as it was in Charleston,  We are already missing our daily dock "talks," riding across the Ravenel Bridge to work, riding over to Sullivan's Island, and everyone we met.  They are a great group of people.

Here is a tiny look back at our time there

Sunset from the marina

Sunrise from MUSC parking garage rooftop

The racing crew that Doug was able to join

Low country boil on the dock

Our awesome going away party

Did I mention the incredible sunsets?

So, we sadly had to leave on Thursday morning, November 20, and we anchored in Tom Creek off of North Edisto River the first night.

 Our sunrise the next morning was just incredible

It was a little cold on some days.

We made it to Port Royal Marina in Beaufort, SC for the second night, and Isle of Hope Marina in Savannah, GA the third.  We had a couple of little issues with the battery bank, engine, and then our computer, along with weather coming in, so we stopped here to fix everything up and wait out the rain.  It was so good to see our friends Jimmy and Beverly there.  They were such a huge help with everything. We can't thank them enough.


A very nice light Beverly made for us.

Our new computer with our navigational software, Nobeltec. Thank you Jimmy for telling us about this.  It made the trip 100 times easier.

We made it to an anchor in Back River near Darien, GA the day we had to leave Savannah, stopped at Jekyll Island Marina for one night, and then to Little Marsh Island on the St. John River the next where we were greeted with a dolphin show.  They were beautiful, and this is where we thought we lost Mizzen.

She can find places to hide that we don't even know exist.  She was running back and forth on the boat after we set anchor, and then she jumped up on the main sail pac.  We were watching the dolphins, and she disappeared.   20 minutes later, Doug found her IN the sail pac...it turns out that the stitching has come out and produced a 3 foot long hole up top in the seam.  She is so curious, so she climbed in and was so comfortable, evidently, that she went to sleep.  We were very glad she had not gone for a swim.


The infamous hiding place





Coming through Main Street Bridge in Jacksonville

So, we docked in Ortega Landing Marina on Sunday, November 30.  Our first week here has been great.  The weather has been a bit odd with lots of fog almost everyday, but it is warm, which is the way we like it.

We hope all of you have a great holiday season, and we'll post again sometime "soon."