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| Priority flew at 8 knots with the current out of St. Mary's Inlet very early on May 8th. We motored in calm winds and watched a beautiful sunrise grow out of the clouds to the east. While on the west coastline storm clouds brewed as we traveled north towards St. Simon's Inlet. |
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| The storms traveled all around us but we were only showered upon. As we entered the inlet with St. Simon's Lighthouse on our starboard the skies cleared. All that remained of the storms were raindrops dripping off the bimini frame. |
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| Jay shows he has a good sense of humor since he let me put this photo on the blog. The temperature climbed along with the humidity each afternoon to make thunderstorms appear. The calm winds allowed those Georgia horseflies to attack us from the marshlands along the shores of the ICW. His only defense was to cover up exposed skin and swat the flies close by. His blue towel cape kept the flies from biting through his long sleeved shirt. That cute butterfly flyswatter we were given in Elizabeth City, NC coming south came in very handy. The daily forecasted thunderstorms kept us traveling on the more protected waters of the ICW instead of hopping offshore. |
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| We motored by the cemetery referred to in the book "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" that we read about the city of Savannah, GA. After anchoring out several nights we arrived in Port Royal, NC which is just south of Beaufort, SC. We stayed at the Port Royal Landing Marina to visit friends, Mary and Roy aboard Gideon. We met them in the Bahamas and they live aboard their boat at the marina during the summer months. A delicious potluck Friday night dinner was enjoyed by 35 of us from the marina docks and neighboring village. On Saturday we headed on towards Charleston, SC. |
