Navigator on the Loop: After Brunswick

Since our last post we have left Brunswick, GA and spent a night in Isle of Hope, GA. After washing the boat we saw Limelight arriving. We enjoyed docktails with Don and Anita again. Popcorn will become our signature appetizer at docktails. The next morning we rode 8 mile on our bikes through Isle of Hope, a very nice residential community with beautifully maintained houses and not much else.

We decided to leave Isle of Hope and continued north. After entering the Savannah River we bypassed the intracoastal waterway by going out the river and going directly to Hilton Head Island. While we were confirming our location an ocean ship entered the river and passed behind us. (wish we had taken a picture) My power squadron navigation training was very useful. We bypassed Hilton Head Island since Navigator spent the summer there four years ago.

We continued on to Port Royal Landing Marina. Upon check in we were treated ROYALLY! They gave us many discounts, etc. I wished they sold lottery tickets also. Their diesel price was the lowest yet, $3.99 per gallon with a purchase of 100 gallons or more. We rode our bikes to downtown Beaufort and around Ladys Island and back to the marina, a circle of 10 miles. On Friday we borrowed the courtesy car and toured Beaufort on a horse drawn wagon, very interesting as the pictures show.The spring bushes are in full bloom and some yards are filled with pink and white blossoms.The dolphins greet us every day somewhere along the way.

Saturday finds us heading north again to the Charleston area. There is a sailboat race there and it should be busy and interesting.

A beautiful sunset in Brunswick after a few rainy days.

This beautiful bridge is the Sidney Lanier Bridge. It has 185 feet of clearance

and is visible miles before you arrive here.

In Georgia the tides are around 8' twice a day.

We saw many docks like this. The tide is out now.

This is Thunderbolt GA, just before Savannah. There are a lot of large boats here being refitted.

Just another big boat being renovated.

We met this small cruise liner in a narrow stretch of the intracoastal.

Our depth finder only showed a foot and a half on the side of the channel where we were.

There was plenty of depth where the cruise boat was.

A side view of the cruise liner.

There were some beautiful houses near Savannah.

Just another huge, beautiful house south of Savannah

This is Port Royal Landing Marina and the bridge we rode our bicycles across.

Because of the huge tide swings the docks are very long at Port Royal Landing Marina

and elsewhere in this area.

This is the Downtown Marina at Beaufort, SC.

This is the Synagogue in Beaufort. It is one of the few wooden synagogues in the US in continuous usage. The blue painted ceiling on porches is prominent in Beaufort. It was thought to ward off evil spirits.