Although I know it rained during the night, it wasn’t enough to keep either of us awake. Unfortunately though, it is still drizzling when we wake up – that nasty grey stuff again.
I linger inside the boat hoping that Mike won’t need my help once more in getting us off the dock, and bless him, it works and we are underway before I go out into the cockpit for a look around.
We leave Kilkenny Creek and head further south. There are no bridges to think about and this makes us both more relaxed.
By early afternoon we have left the comparative safety of the closed in marshes and are crossing the rather more exposed Sapelo Sound. These Georgia sounds, and we will go through quite a few of them, actually feel like you are crossing the sea and if the weather is rough you really feel it. They are huge expanses of shallow water with hazards lurking around. Out to sea in the distance, we can see murky, dark clouds and just about make out some white caps. The weather improves throughout the day with patches of blue sky peaking out through the clouds but it still has a long way to go before we will feel warm.
Photos: Doboy Sound and out to sea
Once we cross the sound we are back into windy passages through the marshes, back to the terrain we know and are getting bored with.
Photo: Marshes that go on forever
We have seen virtually no houses for miles when suddenly there’s a nice little one coming into view. Sat in the middle of nowhere, it is a welcome sight that civilization is still there, until we see it’s neighbour, a nice little confederacy house! These two are strange bedfellows indeed all by themselves.
Photos: Houses in the middle of the swamp
At 3 pm we are turning into Back River on the south side of Doboy Island for the night. There is one other boat already anchored and two more join us during the early evening. The wind is strong tonight but some trees afford us some protection although the boat swings around in the current. The holding is good but as usual we put down miles of chain just to be sure.
Amazingly, even in this remote area we get the internet although it takes nearly half an hour to upload two days’ worth. Tomorrow we might go outside as this will mean we miss a couple of fixed bridges and the weather forecast looks good with gentle winds and no big swells.
Position: 31 deg 23 min N, 81 deg 19 min W
Distance so far: 3455 miles
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