We left Port Royal Landing Marina in Beaufort Saturday morning after a good walk for me and a run for Cindy across the bridge.

Here you see the sun coming up just as we were pulling out a little after 7 am. The short days re a little limiting when trying to move down the waterway. Cindy has been busy with the varnishing. Friday was warm and she got her swimsuit out to do the work in.

We have the rails off so getting around to the foredeck is a little risky. As of now, we have 5 coats on, so two more to go before we put the rails back on. We moved on down the ICW to just past Savnnah, Georgia by a couple of miles. I new the weather was going to change and we were looking for a place with a little wind and wave protection, with predicted winds in the upper 30 mph range. Found a nice spot up the Herb River, pretty much all alone. Sure enough yesterday the wind howled pretty good and the temp dropped all day as the cold front came through. It started to lay down late last night and this morning at sunrise it was 38 degrees. This is southern Georgia and it is still October. At least it didn't snow like at home. Today we are in no rush, because of the need to time the tide to get through Hell Gate, a shallow stretch with only 2 feet of water at low tide, and we draw just over 4 feet. The tidal swing is 8 feet, so if we wait to transit at mid tide, we should be fine. But this means we won't pull out of our anchorage until noon or a bit later. Then we will find another spot up a creek in another Georgia swamp. We are working ou way to Jacksonville where hopefully we'll head up the St. Johns River to ultimately leave the boat for the holidays.

Sunset in the Herb River