We pulled up anchor Friday morning 5/3 at Cumberland Island to make our way to Jekyll Island where we took a dock in Jekyll Harbor Marina. The island is small, only about 7 miles long, accessible by car. It has a "resort like" feel with big hotels, convention center and tourists. Very nice!
The marina was more laid back covered by large oaks with moss hanging from the trees. There was a pool, hot tub, restaurant, loaner bikes and golf carts...all the bell's and whistles! We did take advantage of the golf cart and picked up some provisions and to check out the beach.
After turning in our golf cart we enjoyed the pool area and had dinner at Zachry's Riverhouse, the restaurant located in the marina. What a great day!
We were up early Saturday because we plan to make some miles and we also had to transverse the challenges of Jekyll Creek. The creek is shallow and only deep enough for us to get through during high tide and for us, that's going against the current.
Wasn't long before we started to get bombarded by horseflies...and THEY BITE! It was in the upper 80's and we had to have the pilot house doors closed and all the screens on! It was a sweaty ride!
We made it through the part of Jekyll Creek that we were worried about before low tide. Once the tide dropped, you can see how skinny the rest of our ride was!
The "Low Country".
This place was in the middle of nowhere! Sweet!
We arrived at Timmons River Anchorage about 2:30 and the flies didn't give us a break. We could only open windows that have screens. Good thing that we had a bit of a breeze and the temperature dropped to the mid 60's overnight.
We dropped the dingy and took Roxy to what we thought was a sandy shoreline....nope, it as a bazillion open oyster shells piled up with swampy water and grass on the other side!
Sunday morning we left Timmons anchorage on our way for a couple day's stay in Savannah.
The tide here changes up to 10 feet!
We were lucky enough to land on the free dock in the historic downtown Savannah! It was great....even had electric thank goodness! Savannah was experiencing record high temps and we would have melted if we didn't have electric to run the air conditioners!
I didn't get a picture of it, but when the river goes to low tide, you can't see Cheers!
Savannah really has character! There is a lower street right along the waterfront, then up the hill is the opposite side of the buildings seen from the lower level.
Dinner at Crystals Beer Parlor!
The Savannah River is every busy with cargo ships, ferries and pleasure boats. The bars along the waterfront were busy with tourists and live music. Also, when a cargo ship goes by, the bartender rings a bell and everyone gets a free shot!
Looking forward to Charleston, S.C.
