March 17, 2013 Day 310
At
anchor, Bull CreekBull Island, SC
Total miles to date: 5241.5
Today
was another long travel day of seven hours, but we had the tide with us and
traveled 52 miles. We left Walburg Creek
and traveled through rivers in the marsh again - this time with names such as Bear,
Ogeechee, Vernon, Hell Gate, Skidaway, and Ossabaw.
It
wasn’t until we reached the Burnside River that we saw houses! There is a lovely community along the
river. Shortly after that we crossed
Moon River, made famous by singer Andy Williams. We had no idea it was there!
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| Shoaling is frequent! |
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| A typical view in Georgia today |
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| One of many large homes on the Burnside River |
By
1:00 we were passing the Isle of Hope Marina. At one time we had thought of stopping
there and touring Savannah by car, but we have decided to skip Savannah this
time and go there next fall. (We have
been there in previous years.) The
boating traffic started to pick up once we reached this point. We continued on and eventually crossed the Savannah
River (Savannah is about 8 miles up the river).
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| Isle of Hope Marina |
We
passed Dafuskie Island and then entered Bull Creek and anchored by Bull
Island. It is hard to believe we are in
South Carolina.
Shortly
after dinner, the Coast Guard stopped by our boat and wanted to know if we had
made or heard a Mayday call on the radio. Apparently they had heard a call but
did not know the location. Unfortunately
we were of no help since we had turned the radio off when we arrived at 4:00.
We
planned our trip (with calendar in hand) for the remainder of the way home to
Virginia. Then we spent the evening watching a special on Phantom of the Opera on television.
We
will go to Hilton Head tomorrow and stay at Shelter Cove Marina. Our daughter will
visit us later this week for a few days and we will also visit friends Bill has
known since childhood! We had planned to
stay there two weeks but we will cut that short and leave around March 27th.
