On our second to the last travel day of our trip on Nov. 3, we started off at dawn on a partly cloudy day. But as the day wore on it cleared up nicely and turned out to be another beautiful weather day. We were anchored next to Fort Frederica off of St. Simon’s Island and bound for an anchorage on Cumberland Island.
We took a little detour to Brunswick, Georgia to take advantage of the lowest diesel prices around. The entrance to the river was very narrow due to dredging. From a distance it looked as if it was completely blocked!
There were a lot of working fishing boats there along the East Brunswick River including one with a typical Georgia name!
We cruised down the Fredericka River, a more appealing alternative to the ICW . It wound circuitously through the north Georgia lowlands and provided great vistas everywhere we looked.
We made our way down the coast along Jekyll Island and beautiful Cumberland Island. For those who don’t know, Cumberland Island has been designated as a national seashore and is now a national park. It is a great place to visit with miles of beautiful beaches, wild horses and an interesting history.
We saw lots of birds and playful dolphins and we cruised past Plum Orchard on Cumberland Island. We had anchored here on our way north but we wanted to make it a bit further south on this 17.5 mile long island.
We eventually found a perfect anchorage among at least half a dozen sail boats near the southwest coast of Cumberland Island.
We settled down to our last night at anchor and made more appointments for our week-long stay in Jacksonville. We have to use up our provisions so we had a simple dinner of burgers, fried potatoes and summer squash. After catching up with the family by phone, we settled down to watch one more movie and get to sleep early.
We are feeling very nostalgic about the end of our special journey. It has truly been a most wonderful experience!