Got underway at 0630 and headed north. Crossed into Georgia at 0700 and that's when "the enemy" arrived.
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| The Enemy |
Horseflies - I started seeing a few of these little bloodsuckers as I started passing the marsh islands that line Georgia's waterway. They were a just a distraction from the monotonous motoring at first - they'd fly onboard and land underneath the Bimini, where I'd whack them with my trusty flyswatter. If I only knew what the future had in store...
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| Water slide at Jekyll Island, GA |
Passed by Jekyll Island, winter club and playground of the ultra-rich and famous back in the 1880s (you know the gang - the Rockefellers, Goulds, Astors, Goodyears, Morgans, Pulitzers, and Vanderbilts). They wanted a place where they could rub elbows with their social equals while riding out the northern winters. by 1942, the membership of the Jekyll Island Club controlled 1/6 th of the world's wealth. In 1942, when a German U-boat sank a torpedoed a tanker in St. Simons sound (just north of the island) the government feared it was too tempting a target for the Germans, so the Coast Guard evacuated it. The state of Georgia bought it for $675,000 in 1947 and it's now open as a tourist attraction.
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| Bubba Gump ship |
Anchored in South Altamaha River at 1445. Had to anchor early so I could wait for better tides to pass through Little Mud River, a notorious shallow spot just to the north.
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| Making Frank's Famous Chicken Salad. |
I grilled up a package of bratts for dinner.
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