Up the Chesapeake Bay
The next part of the journey homeward became a challenge thanks to the weather and sea conditions. We needed to go up the Chesapeake Bay, down the Delaware Bay, and then up the New Jersey coast. It will be a total … Continued
Dances with Barges – Northbound on the Virginia Cut
We left Oriental very early on Monday, April 18th, with Cutting Class, the day the winds were finally going to lay down. The next two days are one of my least favorite sections of the ICW, perhaps the very least … Continued
Brrrrrrr…….. Shivering Through North Carolina
It’s been chilly, perhaps one might even declare it to be cold. If you are living in a house, 49 degrees may only be chilly, but on a boat without heating, 49 degrees outside has translated into 52- 54 degrees … Continued
South Carolina’s Low Country
We are in South Carolina, the “palmetto state.”Before we knew it, we were in “Low Country”; South Carolina was just across the Savannah River which acts as the border between it and Georgia. The “low country” is used to describe … Continued
A Return to Savannah, Friends, and “Good Fortune”
We awoke in our marshy anchorage in the Vernon River to the sound of birds and dolphins swimming around (I still find it curious that there are so many dolphins in the ICW. There was a time when I thought … Continued
Georgia on My Mind – Cumberland Island
How nice it was to awake on Sunday morning to a beautiful day in a beautiful place. We had bypassed Cumberland National Seashore, Georgia’s largest southernmost barrier Island on our way south during our impulsive overnighter from Savannah to St. … Continued
First Friday in St. Augustine
After our first four days of steady traveling northward, we stopped for a day of rest and to enjoy St. Augustine briefly. It would be a brief visit to this amazing city so we would not be revisiting the wonderful places … Continued
Boats , Birds and Bridges
On March 28th, the 198th day of our cruising trip, we began another first – the journey north by boat. We have covered these miles twice before but only in the southward direction, so Day 198 was also Day 1 … Continued