DAY TWELVE -- WAHOO RIVER TO ISLE OF HOPE

                            DAY TWELVE -- WAHOO RIVER TO ISLE OF HOPE 

               Got up at eight to bright sunshine streaming into the cabin. Another hot and humid day in store. Cranked the generator and AC back up, then weighed anchor and were heading back to the Intracoastal by nine. We ran slow for the first hour to enjoy the quiet morning, but then realized we had forty miles to cover to get to the marina where we had booked a reservation AND had chores to do once we got there, so we cranked up to normal cruising speed (3200 rpm -- good for 16 to 18 mph depending on current). An uneventful day with more gorgeous salt marsh country -- and again no traffic. We only saw one other cruising boat and they ended up in the same marina. We later found out that they are from Pine Island (a bit north of Ft. Myers) and started their cruise the same day we did. 

            As we approached Isle of Hope and went under one of the typical 65' clearance intracoastal bridges, we realized that this was the first bridge we had encountered since St. Simon's Island yesterday. That is almost sixty miles as the crow flies and 82 miles on the Intracoastal. This gives a sense of how undeveloped the Georgia low country is. 

            We pulled into the fuel dock at the Isle of Hope Marina about 1230, filled up with diesel, then took our assigned dock. This marina is about eight miles south of downtown Savannah and was recommended by many of the cruising guides, as Savannah itself is predominantly a commercial port with few good marina options. The marina is quiet and on the edge of the salt marsh country and gets good reviews.


            While their facilities aren't all that great, the marina does offer free courtesy cars, which is a nice feature because the marina is kind of out in the boonies. The cars leave a bit to be desired, but what do you expect for a no cost car? She's about a twenty-year-old Honda. Some of the windows work, and some don't. Whatever...


            Once we were settled in, we got to our chores. Janet did two loads of laundry, and I did some very simple routine maintenance work on pump strainers, the engine and the generator. After cleaning up, we took our little Honda hot rod into town to find a place for dinner and stumbled on a great burger joint, with very fancy fried green tomatoes as an appetizer. Southern cooking! One of the small pleasures of cruising for us is discovering good places to eat with minimal use of the internet. 

John did not take a picture of the starboard side of the car, no hubcaps!

Comments

  1. TedJune 3, 2022 at 7:07 PM

    Nice picture of the marina with C2 in background.

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  2. LaurieJune 4, 2022 at 7:24 AM

    Sounds like you are settling into a good routine. Love the beat up Honda, but as you said, it gets you around.

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  3. AnonymousJune 4, 2022 at 9:12 AM

    Your boat looks like the King of the marina!

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  4. AshleyJune 4, 2022 at 4:51 PM

    Yay! So excited to see you tomorrow and be aboard Craunological 2 for the next few days.

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  5. DamonJune 14, 2022 at 4:35 PM

    As Click and Clack once said, there's nothing more freeing than owning an old beater.

    ReplyDelete

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