Sorry about my postings getting bunched up like this. It is due to the fact that we are moving almost every day, but don't always have an internet connection or time to sit down and do postings. We are dealing with high tidal flows now. It goes from a 2-3 ft. range in Florida to 7-9 ft in Georgia. That, plus the shoaly areas, cause us to have to time some of our passages for high tide times. It just make navigating a little more challenging when working your way through this water maze. We stopped here at just mid day in order to get through a tricky area tomorrow at the right time. I have a feeling we will be the only boat here tonight, and we haven't had anyone go by today. The structure in the picture is an old fort. We are basically working our way up to Savannah, Georgia now.

After Cumberland Island we headed over to Brunswick, a small Georgia town We needed to do some laundry, shopping and get an internet connection. This trip was windy and cold. Once again we have all our layers on.

This was a nice stop. Most of this island is a National Park, and it is Georgia's largest barrier island. The park has about 36,000 acres of protected land and beach. There is some private property here, but there are no bridges to the island and the roads are all unpaved. We were able to do lots of hiking here, and see some of the wildlife. We saw wild horses and an armadillo and our first cardinal and, of course, lots of sea birds. The beach was huge, and we were able to walk it for a long distance and do some shelling. There are also some estates on the island dating back to the late 1800's, the "Gilded Age". You can see the ruins of the mansion that was built by the Carnegies. We really enjoyed exploring this island.

This guy didn't seem to be bothered by our presence at all.

You get an idea of the grandeur of this place from the ruins. We couldn't quite figure out why they placed it here, since it was facing the marsh with no view of the ocean. We figured maybe they were trying to shelter themselves from the wind.

He was a little curious about us. We found horse poop all over this island. They certainly have the run of the place.