Florida to Georgia

Farewell to the Bahamas -
the remnants of our
Bahamas courtesy flag!

We're making tracks, although slower than we'd like. The weather has kept us in the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), which means battling tidal currents and bridge openings. More important to our progress has been that we've been facing daily severe thunderstorms that either have caused us to drop the hook or slow us down as we wait for better visibility. But, at least we're able to make some progress.

A music box at the
Lightner Museum

We spent an afternoon and morning in St. Augustine, with a memorable breakfast (Southern Benedict - shrimp and grits cake topped with spinach, poached eggs and bacon grave - just a few calories) at the Old City Inn, and a short visit to the O.C. Lightner Museum. He was a collector and publisher of antiques and hobbies magazine, and he collected EVERYTHING! Very cool.

Our frayed flag, and a cool
double rainbow as a
thunderstorm goes through.

The croquet playing
field in front of the
Jekyl Island Club

It takes an engineer to
design a footstool at the helm!

Following Scott and Tina on
Sangaris (another Manta, like ours)
through the Bridge of Lyons in
St. Augustine.

Heading north, we stopped at Fernandina Beach (love that town), then at Jekyl Island, where we took a quick bike visit to the historic estates. This morning we headed into northern Georgia, where we are anchored next to friends Tina and Scott on Sangaris. There is a named tropical storm (Alberto) heading our way, so we may hunker down here a few days until it passes through. Then we will continue north.