Still in Brunswick - (best kept secret)



Peaceful marina

Beautiful Georgia sky!

We've had some really high tides

Quiet peaceful day at the marina

Love the reflection!

Some of the 'gators in the moat at
Copper Pig

Pretty interesting cooler for
the longnecks!

Waiting for our BBQ!

Bob and Katie
(Floating Stone)

Jill and Richard
(Finally)

Very cool place!

More of the 'gators!

Waiting for the Low Country Boil!

Really good band at the Labor Day festivities

Do you think we had enough?

Gathering around the keg

Sherry, our dockmaster
She did a great job organizing
our Labor Day bash!

Boaters do like to eat!

The mighty threesome!
Mike, Richard and Bob

This guy landed on the parking lot one morning
He was picking up one of his crew!

Huge and noisy!
Caused quite a wake!

Pretty reflection!

The Admiral striking a pose in St Simon's Island

This guy wanted his picture taken too!

St Simon's Lighthouse

Cool mural at the Iguana's Seafood Grille

Funky little shops on the Island

Very cool " Avenue of the Oaks"
Most of these trees are hundreds of years old

Our "chariot" awaits!

This is the ship that brings in the cars

some of the cars being loaded and unloaded

This ship is huge!!

Well, it’s September and we’re still in Brunswick.  Actually we really like it here.  Now that we’ve been out exploring on the scooters, we’re finding there is a lot more here than we originally thought.  The marina is rated as one of the best “hurricane holes”.  When we were watching to see what Erika was going to do, that was very reassuring.  We got a lot of rain from her but not much wind.  Hope the rest of hurricane season is that easy!  It’s starting to cool down somewhat also, so we’ll be leaving in a week or so – weather permitting!

Like I said, we’ve been doing a lot of exploring on the scooters.  We found a couple of malls and several restaurants and even a Walmart Supercenter!  That can be important once I need to replenish our supplies!   

Bob and Katie (Floating Stone) made it here about a week ago.  Just in time for First Friday.  We checked it out and had a few beers then went to Marshside for dinner.  It’s good to see our boating buddies!  They’re going to be here a while so I’m sure we’ll be having a few docktails.

It’s been raining here daily due to Erika.  Not just the typical coastal showers – they’ve been downpours.  However, one day we woke to sunshine so we decided to take another dinghy ride.  We went up to the area where the car-boats come in.  This is the Colonel’s Island Terminal – Autoport Facility (owned by the GA Port Authority).  It’s where they import cars from overseas.  In fact, it’s the 3^rd busiest port in the U. S.  The ships are huge!  We watched them unload several cars and they also loaded a few.  Pretty cool! 

We also found the Blythe Island Regional Park.  It was Labor Day weekend and there was a boat launch there so it was pretty busy. There’s a power hoist for smaller boats there (under 5000 pounds).  It wasn’t operating that day.  Not sure what the reasoning is for it unless it is something to do with the tide.  It looked like a really nice park – hopefully we’ll get another chance to really check it out.  

Wow, Labor Day weekend and we have had two straight days of NO RAIN!  Richard and Jill came over from Jekyll Island one evening.  We all went to the Copper Pig for dinner.  We had found it when we were on the scooters and it looked pretty cool.  It’s a huge BBQ place that also has fresh produce and a meat market.  The place is “guarded” by a moat that is full of alligators!  There’s even a mechanical pig to ride.  No – none of us tried it.  Although we really tried to talk each other into it! 

Labor Day was perfect!  The marina held a Low Country Boil.  They furnished the beer and Sherry’s own “Champagne Punch”.  Everyone brought side dishes and their appetites.  They even had a great band! The weather was perfect and the food was wonderful!  Georgia Shrimp can’t be beat!  Good food – good music – good friends! 

The next day it rained all day!  So we hung close.  Cleaning the boat – paper work, whatever we could do to keep us busy.  But then Wednesday, the sun was shining again!  We decided to ride the scooters over to St Simon’s Island.  We had never been there and wanted to be sure to see it before we left.  What a great little place!  St Simon’s Island has lots of history dating back to the Spanish era.  We took a trolley ride so we could learn more and see more of the Island.  It was a great tour!   The Island has lots of gorgeous trees and a really nice beach.  Of course, the main street is full of bars and shops.  We made several stops…….  We had lunch at Iguana’s Seafood.  They have free ice cream sundaes for dessert!  When we came over it was early in the day so there wasn’t much traffic, but it was a little hairy when we left.  It was close to 5:00 and the traffic had really picked up.  We have to cross two causeways and my little scooter felt like the little train that could!  I think I can, I think I can!  I did it! 

We’ve just made a decision this afternoon – that we’re leaving the marina on September 16.  Now our plans are always made in sand but at least we’ve set a date.  We’ll head north.  We’re only couple of days from Savannah where we’ll probably stop for a day or so.  We really plan to spend more time there on our way back south.  We have friends to visit along up the coast to Norfolk from here so we need to keep moving!  Besides we don’t want to be up there when it starts getting cold!  Ha!

That’s it for now!

I’m back!  Another weekend has passed and we’re gearing up for our departure.  We took a dinghy ride yesterday.  It has cooled off quite a bit and it was really refreshing!  Jill and Richard came by Saturday night so we all went over to St Simon’s Island for dinner.  We ate at a place called Southern Soul BBQ.  It is one of the places on the Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.  It was pretty funky – used to be an old gas station.  I think it would be fun to go to all the places Guy has visited.  Think I’ll put that on my bucket list. 

We got a call from our broker yesterday.  They are going to show the boat this afternoon.  Here we go again!  Oh well, at least we’ll have a clean boat when we head out!  We’ve spent all morning cleaning her. 

Patty and Bill (Conched Out Too) are at Ortega Landing (Jacksonville).  That’s only about an hour away by car.  They are driving over tomorrow for a visit.  Richard and Jill are coming back over too.  Sounds like a party!  Bob and Katie are leaving for Ohio tomorrow so they’re going to miss out.  L.   Oh well, we’ll see them again soon. 

Our plan is to leave Wednesday morning if weather permits.  So far it looks pretty good.  We’ll see!

Stay tuned!

Till next time!

Admiral “C”