We can't believe that November's over. Wow. We sailed from Charleston, SC outside, to the St. Mary's Inlet, thus skipping most of the SC, and all of the GA ICW. That got us to St. Mary's GA on Friday, before Thanksgiving. We spent a week anchored in the St. Mary's River (30 feet deep, and a 3 to 4 knot tidal current). During that week the cruisers started arriving...mostly from the north.... and mostly coming down the ICW. Thanksgiving was great. 90 Cruising boats were represented, and filled in the supplementary dinner dishes (the Town's people cook, and bring the Turkey's and hams). YUMMM
The picture at the left shows just a little of the St. Mary's river anchorage. (A lot of the cruisers had left when this photo was taken. It was crowded on TG.
The triple masted schooner in the center is the S/V Steel Away belonging to Anne and John Fazzio.
Great people, who, I guess now, could be classed as "locals" (at least for a while). They were a great help to all the cruisers.
Anne and John are pictured below.
After Thanksgiving we stayed a day or two to relax after all the parties, and festivities. Parties like happy hours, and "pain-killer"parties are "Work".... :)
Anyway... then Susan and I set sail, and went outside and sailed down to St. Augustine FL, (about 65 nm including the 5 nm it takes to get out of the St. Mary's River).
We made good time, but still just made St. Augustine before dark.
The trawler shown here passed us on the way into the St. Augustine Inlet. The following birds were phenomenal. Presently (DEC 2nd, and 3d) we're anchored north of the Bridge of Lions (still under renovating contruction).
We took a nice walk in St. Augustine today, before the storm hit... Sydney even got ashore at the end of the day.
The panorama below, taken from the Spanish Fort, shows the AB anchored out in the Harbor. The St. Augustine Inlet is just to our stern (leading out to the Atlantic).
Love the gated yards, and architecture of the South.
St. George's street ALLEY (nearly empty)
