Walking in our own footprints

When we were traveling southwards last November and December, we chose what we considered to be the best possible anchorages or marinas to stop at each night, based on several factors, not least of which was how dog-friendly each stop was. Now as we head northwards through the same areas and apply the same decision criteria, its no surprise that we come up with pretty much the same list of places to overnight.

 

For example:

 

- Last Tuesday we left the Marina at St Simons Island and cruised up to the southern end of Sapelo Island (GA), anchoring in the Duplin River near the ferry dock that serves Sapelo, where we had anchored on Dec. 8. We had a short walk Tuesday evening, then a longer walk Wed. morning to the U of GA Marine Institute. Again the island was beautiful and now that its spring there where many birds to enjoy. Here is Riggs checking out a mansion now used by the Marine Institute:

As we prepared to pull anchor at mid-day we were surprised when a smallish cruise ship squeezed by us and dropped anchor. Apparently one can take a cruise to anywhere these days.

 

- Wednesday afternoon we cruised farther north to anchor in Kilkenny Creek Landing (GA), where we had stopped on Dec. 7. Again we had a nice supper at Marker 107, and used their dock for shore access.

- Thursday we continued northwards to cross the Savannah River and entered South Carolina. Just as we did on Dec. 5, we tied to the county dock near the south end of Daufuskie Island and had supper at Marshside Mama's. We also did some walking around the island.

 

- Friday we pushed on to anchor off Beaufort SC, one of our favorite towns on the ICW and where we had stayed Dec. 3 & 4. They are now setting up a mooring field so we anchored just outside of that area. We had time for ball play with the dogs at their waterside park and had supper at the Old Bull Tavern. Saturday morning we had time for more ball play and then a quick tour of the Nina and Pinta replica ships which are touring the east coast (we'll see them again in a few days).

- On Saturday we deviated from repeating our southbound itinerary by anchoring in Fishing Creek, about half way between Beaufort and Charleston. It was very remote and beautiful (low country grassy marshland) but was near a boat ramp allowing important shore access for emptying the dogs.

 

- On Sunday (yesterday) we continued up to Charleston where we again are staying at the Charleston Maritime Center, as we did over Thanksgiving week. This time we plan to stay 3 nights and we are excited as my Uncle Larry and his wife will be visiting. Larry has been armchair cruising with us and we haven't seen him for years.

 

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