Day 54 - Tuesday 29 January

Who is this little girl and what does she have to do with our weblog?

Last night we realized we are in the not-so-sunny south and were reminded again that warm weather isn't dependable until we are in southern Florida. We turned to our 4.4 KW Westerbeke generator to work as hard as it could to drive out two small cabin heaters last night. Even then, the outside temperature dropped down to 37 degrees by morning and we were a bit chilly. Today the temperature was in the 70s in the cockpit and at 11PM it's in the 50s outside.

Due to either the cold weather or just plain laziness, we didn't get moving until 9:30 this morning. We still got a good run of 45 miles today and anchored south of Thunderbolt, GA a little after 4PM...in time to relax and take a shower before dinner. We promised ourselves to get up before dawn tomorrow and get moving as soon as the sun comes over the horizon. We'll try to get at least 60 miles behind us tomorrow since we're still about 95 miles from Brunswick, GA.

The most noteworthy event today was just before reaching Thunderbolt, when we passed Bonaventure Cemetery which was made famous in the movie and book, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. If you are familiar with the book or movie, you know the statue of the "Bird Girl" was featured on the cover of the book and was located in Bonaventure Cemetery at one time. Anyway, today we motored past the cemetery which abuts the ICW along the west bank of the Wilmington River. We noticed the many U.S. flags and thought it was a veterans cemetery, but didn't realize what we were looking at until we did our research on the web just now. You may want to look at the interesting article at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonaventure_Cemetery. And by the way, if you haven't read it, the book is an excellent read and an interesting perspective on Savannah, GA history.

So, this is a short entry...not much to report...just a pleasant trip today in the sunshine and warm weather...the wind was 10-20 "on the nose" but not a big concern since the day was so nice. The anchorage is snug...the anchor is holding...and the sunset promises "red at night - sailors delight"...so we can rest easy and get up early to do it again tomorrow!