Going Gold

Our spirits are high as we get close to closing our Loop.  The Georgia coastline is notorious for being very shallow.  Bob is careful in planning our route to avoid the shallowest areas during low tide. The scenery as always is beautiful.

Farewell to Jacksonville

Georgia houses try to rival Florida’s I think.

One of the most unusual sailboats we’ve seen – with a full garden on deck no less!

Another sad hurricane story

We pass Amelia City where we were just touring a few days ago. 

We can just see the trolley we took around the town.

The Shrimp Festival was this last weekend and one of the shrimp boats is still decorated to celebrate.

The dolphins have found us again

Anchoring out in the salt marshes again.

These HUGE buildings house ballistic missile submarines (in the water)

If we’re going to be out here a while, we might as well be comfortable!

A little closer to the river and they wouldn’t need a pool at the bottom!

We passed this great shrimp boat.

We spent a great night at anchor with Angie and Gary from Unruly.  We love our game nights!

We left early in the morning for a long day.  Unruly looked so pretty in the early morning calm.

They travel faster and passed us, then anchored long before we stopped for the day.  This is all we could see of their boat at anchor.

This blog seems to be about the boats rather than the houses!

This beautiful lady couldn’t help but catch my camera!

From old to new – they’re all beautiful.

One of the most original boat tops, this is a pontoon boat with a full enclosure on the back! And notice how low the tide is. 

This marina provides a great lookout tower with a spider web of catwalks to all the piers!

8:22 May11th crossed our wake – this is the Windmill Harbour Marina on Hilton Head, where we officially started the Loop.  We didn’t stop here as we wanted to celebrate in Southport where we started our journey.

Our anchorage that night was filled with the bird song of the sanderlings along the shore – hundreds of them!

The next morning is so calm, if not for the land, you wouldn’t know where the water and sky met!

A beautiful day…

for dolphins…

…for playing on the beach (I guess a sandbar will have to do!)

….playing in the water…(this is Norman Rockwell material)

…canoeing (notice he is paddling his and she has a motor on hers!)….

…and just hanging out in the water!

We waited one day to put on our Gold Burgee (symbolizing that we have completed the Loop) to celebrate with our friends Marshall and Judy from Let’s Go.  They were some of our first Looper friends so it was extra special to celebrate with them.  They brought along their new puppy, Mindy.  I loved the cuddle time and company time!!

Mindy

Going Gold

Celebration dinner – thanks for the BBQ treat, Marshall and Judy!  YUM!!

Swig and Swine – they even brought out a water bowl for Mindy!

The burgee looks pretty good flying on the bow.

We continued on the next day to complete our celebration by arriving at Southport, NC where we actually started our journey.
Anchored Amelia River near Fernandina Beach, FL – May 7, 2018
Anchored at Wally’s Leg Georgia – May 8, 2018
Anchored Lincoln Creek Georgia, May 9, 2018
Anchored Cooper River Georgia, May 10, 2018
Anchored Bass Mouth, Georgia – May 11, 2018
Docked at St. John Yacht Harbor – May 12, 2018 – Marshall and Judy come to celebrate