Thursday we toured the historic Fort King George in Darien. Our predecessors were pretty tough people. The colonists had to keep resupplying the fort with new recruits because of the turnover, they kept dying from disease, fights with the natives, fights with the Spanish, the 1700's at this fort was pretty tough sledding. This area was a source of timber and lumber. they had 2 types of sawmill. The first was a "pit mill" where two guys cut the lumber from the log vertically, one guy on top and the other guy underneath in the pit, hence the name pitmill. As things progressed, they developed a mill driven by the tidal flow, trapping the water with the tidal inflow, then a controlled release, which turned a wheel that drove a cam for turning the sawblade.

This image is the remains of part of the sawmill. 

This portion of the fort was for defending. Note the multiple holes used for shooting out of.

Looks like they played checkers but not chess

Togetherness at the old fort

We left Darien Friday morning in a bit of fog, retraced our path down the Darien River and negotiated a shallow stretch in the Little Mud River on a rising tide and no issues. the plan was to proceed to Brunswick Landing Marina and stay there Friday and Saturday, fuel up and pump out the septic. We have stayed here a couple of times in the past and the people are great. The facilities are great. Our fuel tanks are now full so we are probably good for the winter. I got a good bike ride in on Saturday morning, Cindy got a run in and the laundry as well. We spent Friday afternoon getting the portside rails back on and Saturday afternoon washing down the boat which it really needed, but couldn't do while varnishing the past week. Went to the farmers market for produce and biked to the Winn Dixie for more groceries. Biking with a #3 Duluth pack full of food and beer is a bit of a challenge. We left Brunswick this morning and moved about 35 miles to Cumberland Sound, right on the Florida- Georgia line, and tomorrow will likely go on the outside to Jacksonville. It's only another 30 miles or so. Interesting tides the past couple of days with "celestial swings" due to the full moon, so high tide is higher and the low tide is lower.

"Burntside" in her slip at dusk in Brunswick