Valona to Jekyll Island, GA
Anchor up at 7:20 am on a reallllly cold day. It's around 40 degrees but it felt like 34. 34 BELOW that is. Haha! We are ready for warmer weather for sure. (I'm starting to realize these screenshots I take of our daily weather are just completely bogus. I'm sure the Weather Channel means well, but high of 55 today? I think not. Even Steve required an extra layer this morning.)
This part of Georgia is really scenic, full of various wildlife preserves and serene landscapes. Saw my first ever white pelican and did my best to get a good picture, but this uncooperative creature refused to look at the camera (much like my family — it gets old QUICKLY — and understandably — to have a wannabe shutterbug in your midst at all times. Maybe the pelican was annoyed, too. I get it.)
At one point we passed a house that was literally in the middle of nowhere, with the most idyllic setting and 360 degree views of nothing but water, marsh, live oaks, and palm trees.
There were lots of trawlers and other fishermen along our route, including this poor soul who was checking his crabpots. All I could think was how cold he must've been, and all he could probably think was why is this annoying lady taking a video of me? Join the crowd, dude.
Right around St. Simons Island we saw this ginormous cargo vessel heading for the Atlantic. It was hard to capture its scale, but I got a few shots of a pilot boat escorting it through the channel to hopefully illustrate how enormous it was. I looked it up online and learned that it's a Vehicles Carrier sailing under the flag of Japan, traveling from Boston to Panama. It's 656 feet long and 106 feet wide, and unlike my daily weather screenshots, this I tend to believe.
Please enjoy this lovely footage of my finger I've included at no extra charge. 😂🙄
That's the St. Simons lighthouse in the middle photo.
KORKZcrew made its way to Jekyll Harbor Marina at 1:00 pm, greeted by two super-friendly dockhands who helped us tie up to the dock and connect our power supply.
The marina is very charming, and the dockmaster's office is situated just across the way from a low-key and delicious restaurant called Zachry's Riverhouse — a locally-owned restaurant known for its excellent seafood, located at the foot of the pier — steps away from KORKZcrew. Oh darn. What ever shall we do.
So in the most shocking turn of events, we decided to have lunch at Zachry's and I'm sure I reluctantly agreed because I am in SUCH a huge hurry to have another vacuum-sealed lunch. I guess I can make an exception for a fried shrimp basket with asian slaw and battered french fries, but just THIS time. I swear.
Skeet had the shrimp and grits with hushpuppies. Insanely good. He MADE ME take a bite. MADE ME, I tell you.
It was STILL cold after lunch — even these birds under the bridge thought so!
All we could manage to do was head right back to our cozy boat and stay inside. (It might have also had something to do with the Carolina game coming on at 3:00 pm, but you didn't hear that from me.)
Night night KORKZcrew!
5.75 hours underway; approx. 30 nautical miles traveled
Follow our adventures on Instagram!
Comments