A few pictures from the last blog

I didn't take pictures, but Luke did!   He downloaded them today so I've got a few to go with our trip from St. Mary's to Winyah Bay.

As we cruised down the ICW en route to St. Mary's we passed a shipyard located in the St. John's River.  I though they maintained primarily military ships, but, boy, was I wrong!  These are definitely pleasure vessels and beautiful ones.

We knew we were almost to Fernandina when we saw (and smelled) one of the two giant pulp mills.

Through the marsh to the marina where we left Latitudes last January.  The marshes are beautiful this time of the year - they were drab and brown when we left, but green and full of growth in the spring.

As we did our overnight voyage, we saw the usual shrimp boats.  They usually work in groups of 4 or 5, busy early in the morning and often in the night.  Look carefully at the left side of the picture and you'll see the flock of birds that always follow fishing boats.

At the entrance to Winyah Bay, the Georgetown Lighthouse stands tall.  It is interesting to see the lighthouses from the water view - I'm glad we have electronic charts rather than having to rely on them.

Yesterday we motored about 7 miles up the ICW from our anchorage to Georgetown.  We needed to fill the diesel tank and a water tank before we leave (hopefully tomorrow) for our last overnight trip to Morehead City, NC.  Almost back to New Bern where we'll leave Latitudes for a month or two!
Georgetown has a sugar mill, a couple of marinas, and an old town district.  Unfortunately, we had time only to fill the tanks and make a mad rush back to our anchorage before the thunderstorms hit.  We almost made it...Luke should have taken a picture, but I expect he was watching to be sure I didn't fall overboard!  I had the anchor set and was putting away the "stuff" to close the anchor locker when the rain hit.  Smoke declined to do her usual help with the anchoring. I was drenched all the way through everything.  Good thing it was warm rain, no lightening, and relatively low wind.

The forecast, threatened and widely announced thunderstorms did come through in the early evening, nearby, but none ran directly over us. Just some deluging, but then, we don't have to worry about flooding!