Big Water

We had a quiet night in Darien, GA.  It was worth the 1.5 hour drive up the river at low tide to explore the town.  Around 7:00 pm two more looper boats came in:  Perfect Balance and Gran Vida.
So good to see them.

Here is the view from Aunt Aggie of the Praying for Sheetrock bridge.  Remember that terrific
book by Melissa Fay Greene?  This is the setting.

We left at high tide around 10:00 am.  No problems, and we got a good push for about an hour.
We crossed two sounds today:  the Doboy and the Sapelo.  The Doboy is the convergence of four rivers.  The Sapelo was our biggest sound so far.  We hit Sapelo at low tide, around 1:30 pm.  There was about 11 mph wind blowing from the southeast, behind us.  We had no trouble crossing.  I sat on the floor and knitted.  George drove.  I am almost through with my winter scarf.  One crossing tomorrow should help me finish.  Just in time for Easter.

Sapelo Sound through the screen window. (Big Water)

Do you know the difference between a sound and a bay?  A sound has more than one entrance, and a bay does not.

We are anchored now at the top of St. Catherine's Island.  I like this anchorage because we are close to a spit of land with white pelicans.  As we came in, they swam across the water, welcoming us.  I took this as a good sign. I hear their chatter now and think we have human company.  So far we are the only boat in Vandyke Creek.  We entered at low tide, about 7 feet of depth, and dropped 100 feet of chain with our anchor.  So we should be fine at high tide tonight.

 Here are the white pelicans across the way. 

This is the panoramic view from our bow.  You see two curving spits on each side and the ICW up ahead.  I have seen three trawlers pass in the last 30 minutes, but no one has entered.  We are glad to be settled in mid-afternoon.  We can watch our anchor and be sure it is set.