After we got up this morning Gary worked on the stern shower
for about an hour. I told him I
really needed hot water so I could take a shower on the back deck without
freezing in the cold water. Our
tiny bathroom is one of those that when you take a shower in it everything gets
wet. He finished that job in
record time.
We started to pull our dinghy up over the side of the boat,
but it was much heavier than usual.
By then we realized there was at least 3 inches of rainwater collected
in the bottom from all of the rain we had yesterday. Gary tipped it up and pulled the plug to get the water to
drain out. While he was checking
to see if there was more water coming out, he saw a manatee on it’s back
drinking the water. It seemed to
be a big one with a tail at least 2 ½ feet wide. It didn’t hang around long after the dinghy water ran out. Seeing the manatee was a great start to
our day.
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| Manatee drinking the dinghy water |
We finished getting ready and left the dock at about
9:15 a.m. Nothing exciting to report
passing Fernandina Harbor and only 5 or 6 horses near the shore at Cumberland
Island. The current was about 50-50 today. Sometimes it was with us and sometime it was against
us. The average speed up to now
has been 6.2 mph so better than average for us.
After we took the shortcut across St. Andrews Sound we
passed Jeckyll Harbor Marina and then Morningstar Marina at St. Simons
Island. We went into the north end
of the Frederica River and continued southward almost to the bridge where we
anchored (dodging crab trap buoys) for the night at 5:37 p.m.
We traveled almost 8 hours today and covered 47.1 miles. Another night of reading and relaxing.
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| The view from our anchorage in the river |
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