Warm Christmas Wishes from Florida

Although we enjoyed seeing the old homes of South Carolina, the temperatures were still requiring heat in the mornings and sometimes before bed. Since Georgia has a well-earned reputation for poor dredging of the ICW, we decided to take to sea again and head directly for Florida. Since this was a longer passage than before, and we had a lengthy winding trip to the Ocean inlet, we decided to spend an entire night at sea and go completely past Georgia. We motored out of Port Royal, SC about 3 PM and were gently rolling in the ocean as the sun set. Because of the excitement of it all, neither of us slept too much although Kim had several hours in the helm seat. All went well and we arrived at St Marys, Florida just as the sun rose.

The temperatures have been in the mid to upper 70s and in the 60s at night. Shorts and bare feet have taken over and it really feels nice. We have been visiting with friends and family here and are about to have some work done on the boat prior to heading to the Bahamas.

We have seen several boat parades and Christmas decorations are everywhere; even on the boats here in the harbor. I leave you with some of our favorite shots and the entire crew extends our warmest Christmas wishes to you all wherever you may be.