Well, it's been a little longer than a week or so from my last blog. Made a quick trip to Colo to check on the cabin before the snow flew - as it was they received 4 in the night before and the roads were snowpacked!! All look great there - flew in on Fri and left Mon am. Came down with a bug after arriving home ('tis is the season!) but all is well now. Weather here has cooled to low 70's and is delightful. Just had a couple days of high (20 mph) winds and 50's but should warm up next week some. The weather is pretty changeable here and we are enjoying the change up now and then. Have finished polishing up the stainless on the boat!! Really looks good and beginning to look like someone really loves her!! Alan took the dinghy in to the DNR of GA so they could "inspect" it and it is now registered - legal schmegal to go anchor out. Now to try to get Sam into the dinghy from the boat (about an 8 ft drop) and to get him to "go" on the boat. This will be our next major challenge - we'll figure something out !! Getting our exercise in - between am walks to the beach, daily bikerides and walks up /down the dock we figure we are up to at least 8 mi/day. Pretty good for a couple of old farts!! The seasonal trek of snowbirds down the ICW has been steady since the first of the month - you can see 7-8 boats at a time coming down the creek - every size and shape you can imagine. Today we had our first tour boat pass by!! Couldn't believe our eyes - googled and found out there is a company that offers cruises thru the "Golden Isles" which is from N Carolina thru Georgia; leave from Charleston and run to Jacksonville, Fl. I am attaching a pic of a huge dredge that came thru along with all of it's "gear" - we figure it was almost 2 football fields long with 5 tugboats either pulling, pushing, or nudging to keep everything in line. After us the creek is a real zig zag - would love to have seen how they maneuvered thru there! Those tugs are amazing to watch. When I grow up I think I want to be a tug boat captain!! FINALLY have found a home for everything - now the front stateroom looks like a real guest room. Come see us!! They are starting to decorate the island for the holidays - it should be pretty spectacular. We plan on taking a tour of the "cottages" once they are decorated. The holidays still seem strange to us being warm as they are here. The marina is having a TG dinner - they supply the turkey and the ham and everyone brings a dish. We had planned to anchor out, but that probably won't happen unless Sam makes a sudden change. We registered for the AGLCA's (American Great Loop Cruising Assoc) Rendenzvous in Norfolk, VA beginning of May. A 4 day event that features speakers, vendors and a lot of "socializing". We are really looking forward to it as we will meet a lot of folks doing exactly what we are - should be a wealth of info and FUN!! That means we will leave here probably the middle of April. The adventure begins!! Hope this finds all well with you and yours - until next time!!!
Just another beautiful sunset!!
An angry ocean - tide up to the steps!
Just part of the drege barge
Beginning of the barge
On the beach one day - guy flying a drone with a camera - you could get on Utube and see everything the drone went over - scary!
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