Archive | Sandy – places we’ve gone

>Toni Payne arrived last Tuesday to help crew! She was looking forward to assisting with the Palm Springs to George Town, Bahamas leg. Instead, she’s getting the true picture of sailing listening to us check the weather everyday and mutter, “Not Today.” Its been blustery and from the North for days and we don’t expect […]

>There has been a parade of luxury boats going by all day. How will we ever chose? One More Toy, Lady Kathyrn II, or Quantum of Solace? We think there is a boat show somewhere close. Or maybe the Palm Beach waters turns ordinary boats into Yachts. I hope Capricious is drinking up.

>We said good bye to Georgia on Thursday. Brunswick Georgia wasn’t ever our planned destination but watching it diminish as we sailed away was bittersweet. Jake made so many friends at Brunswick First Baptist that they had a little going away party for him last week. Someone wrote “We Love Lily” on the marina sidewalk […]

> Everyone gets into Hay Days at St Mary’s, GA, by displaying their own scarecrow creations. Some had fairy wings. Many had pumpkin heads. This one, displayed at a downtown church, gets our vote for most inviting. We didn’t see a crow anywhere in town.

> Driftwood lays sunning on the Georgia beachs, covered in sand and seaweed. It is sat on and stepped over, day after day. But it is patient, waiting to be discovered by someone who sees bridges, balconies and beauty.

> Oak Grove Cemetary in Brunswick is the resting place of more than 100 Union and Confederate soldiers. The information does not specify how many Union soldiers are buried here but Confederate flags flapped in the breeze over many a still grave. The soldiers there rest in peace under their flags while, across the street, […]

> Our cute little Toyota Yaris took us to Savannah and Hilton Head this weekend. I’d like to say life is fine without a car but we oh-so-loved being in the fast lane again. I think Yaris tops out at 70 miles per hour but it seemed fast after bicycling everywhere for a month. In […]

> We went to Jekyll Island Saturday with Mack and Shirley of SV Cats Paw. Hurricane Bill was sending a higher-than-normal surf to the area and it happened to coincide with the annual Jekyll Island Beach festival. Live music, barbecue, homemade ice cream and miles and miles of sand. The band covered Van Morrison, ice […]

> Trim carpenters just don’t get jobs like this anymore. The Glynn County Court House (top pic) in Brunswick is surrounded by restored Victorian-era Painted Ladies like this one. Most of them have law firm occupants rather than families. I hope they offer their clients sweet tea and peach pie with their “the law is […]

>We have been making our way up the Florida coast, overnighting in Cape Canaveral and Fernandina Island. Jake caught the biggest waves yet at Fernandina Beach and the marina is right at the heart of the quaint little island tourist town. It was very nice but we decided to continue North as Florida has that […]