Adventures at Sea

OCEAN BOUND AND RUNNING AGROUND. Neither of those two activities was planned for today. However, en route from Jekyll Island to Isle of Hope (Savannah) GA, we missed the marker for the Mud River and found ourselves heading out towards the Atlantic Ocean. As much as we might have liked to avoid the shallow passage through the Mud River, our plan is to follow the ICW north and not go "outside" in the ocean. So we found our way back and made it through the planned route okay. Later on we ran aground at the entrance to Hell Gate. Capt Dick managed to back off and get us through the rest of that passage unscathed. (Who wants to travel through places called "Mud River" and "Hell Gate" anyway?). We were very happy to tie up at Isle of Hope Marina (much nicer name) this afternoon. The marina let us use their loaner car and we made a run to Walmart for provisions. Dinner on board: pasta and meatballs from the Saturday Farmers Market in Fernandina accompanied by a bottle of red wine, of course! Tomorrow's destination is Hilton Head where we plan to stay for a while.