2/19/17 Sunday Savannah, Ga

We slept in this morning as we really did not want to leave till 8am or so as we needed for the tide to rise some before we get to a place called Hell Gate!! An appropriate name for this area as it is only about 1/8 of a mile long but at low tide it only has 2 feet of water!!! (And its 15 miles to go around it) so worth the wait till high tide! We were up by 7am, but just enjoyed the sunrise and had coffee and waited till 8am or so to pull up anchor and head on north. A beautiful travel day!! We arrived at Hell Gate around 11:30am which is 2 hours into rising tide, and we went through with about 4-5 feet of water under the boat!! Great timing!! We arrived at Isle of Hope marina around 1pm took on 125 gals of diesel fuel and docked for the night. We thought about getting their courtesy car and go into town, but Rod was just to tired. Lexie and I took a nice long walk of which she thoughly enjoyed it was a warm beautiful afternoon! I cooked supper, We then watched a movie, then Rod repaired a short in the electrical panel for our running lights. A quick 30 min fix!! A nice relaxing evening!!
We should be home in 3 maybe 4 days !!!
Pray for our safe travels!! Love to all, Ms. Fran & Capn Rod

Lexie looked for the dolphins all day!! They were plentiful and she never missed one!! Lol

Our dockage for the night!! Isle of Hope here in Davannah, Ga.

2/25/16 Thursday Isle of Hope Savannah, Ga

Just as we expected we woke up this morning to still 35-40 mph wind gust. AND It was cold!!!! Yesterday was so warm the wind did not seem bad at all, but today the wind would cut you in two!!!

We decided to do chores on the boat, clothes to wash, Rod had some electrical things that needed attention. So plenty to do!!! Around noon there was some things Rod needed from the hardware store so we went and got the marinas loaner car for a short ride into town. We then decided we wanted Japanese for lunch but no one knew where there was one near by so instead we chose Chinese. We went just down the street from the hardware store to Wangs II. It was just what we needed!!! I had sesame shrimp with fried rice, Rod had sweet and sour chicken!! Plus the entree came with a cup of egg drop soup!! The lunch size portions were so large we brought home leftovers. Always good to have leftovers for night at anchor!!

We will be untieing in the morning and heading on north toward home!! We should be in Beaufort, SC tomorrow evening, Saturday in Charleston, SC and Sunday pull into our slip in Georgetown!!! 

That's the plan anyway!!! 

Please pray for our last few days of travel, I still have concerns with the winds!!!

Sorry no pics today, we did not do anything that warranted a pic of !!!! ha 

I'll let you know of tomorrow's travels!  Love to all,  Fran & Capn Rod 

2/24/16 Wednesday Isle of Hope Savannah, Ga

Well it was predicted to have severe thunder storms with possible tornados here during the night, but Thank you Lord they scooted right on past us!!! We did have some very high winds with gust up to 45-50 MPH and boy did the boat toss about!! Rod had to clean some pretty severe black marks off the side of the boat where it hit the dock so much during the night. Wind was still 15-20 mph with gusts up to 35-40 mph most of the day! But thankful we had a warm sunny day to go with all the wind. 

We decided to take off in the marinas loaner car and spend the day in Downtown Savannah. We have been there so much we feel like we have seen everything there is to see there. We just love this town so much. We chose to take the Old Savannah Tours trolley tour again, as we get to see so much of the town, and get off at several stops and walk around see attractions and then get back on again. We were told of a new Webb Military History Museum and decided to get off at that stop and check it out. We were so impressed with all the war memorabilia this guy has collected, and was told what we saw in the museum was only about 1/3 of his collection!! Just as we were completing the tour through the museum the owner came in and we were introduced to him. Gary Webb has been collecting war memorabilia and relics since he was 10 years old. We spend almost and hour just standing and talking to him. A real treat!!! 

We got back on the trolley and completed the rest of the tour around town and decided we had been tourist long enough today! Lol  We drove back to the boat and still the wind was tossing the boat around so we made the decision to stay here one more day rather than try and battle this wind on the water!! I was quiet happy about that!!! I hate traveling in rough water. And we have nothing that can't wait another day for us to be able to travel in better conditions!!! 

I made a big pot of chili for supper, and we worked on the reservation book for tours in March and April. I even have a few people booking for July 4th weekend!!! 

March is typically a slow month usually we do tours 3-4 days a week. 

Getting prepared to crank up another year of tours!!

Since we thought we would be leaving tomorrow, I have no idea what's will be on the agenda!!

I will let you know tomorrow night!!!

Love and Blessings to all,  Fran & Capn Rod 

This is the best tour in town!!

If your ever there don't forget it's the white bus!

The new Webb military museum. 

He dedicated the museum to his Mom and Dad. So hope you can read this letter!

2/23/16 Tuesday Isle of Hope, Savannah, Ga

We had an incredible nights sleep in Redbird creek. We only had about a 3 hour trip today to arrive at the Isle of Hope Marina. A beautiful morning ride and as I told you yesterday we had to go through the shallow area called Hellgate!!! Even on high tide this morning we had places it was only 6 ft deep!! (Our boat requires 4 ft to float) so it made us very glad we decided to not try and go through there last evening at low tide!! 

We got docked this morning around 10am. Boat all settled in Lexie walked and we decided to take off and enjoy some time here. We went up to the dock house to check in and pay our dockage, and it started raining. They told us to just take the loaner car no other people here had requested it today. So we took the bike back to the boat and off we went in a car!!! We had not had breakfast so we first went to a locals place called Loc's Chicken and Waffles. (We had been there last year). Good ole home cooked breakfast!!! We then visited the Walmart just down the street for a few things as we wanted to get prepared for the horrible storms they are forecasting for tomorrow. 

By the time we got back to the boat with our goodies, it was a beautiful afternoon. They told us to go ahead and use the car the rest of the day!! So, we decided to drive out to Tybee Island for the afternoon. A great 35 min ride out to the island. We got out of the car and I was taking pics and as we was walking around discovered the lighhouse and the museum is closed every Tuesday!!! Aw shucks!!! We were so disappointed!! We drove around the island just checking out the area. Cute little town. 

We will come back and visit there again. 

On the way back to the boat we saw a Five Guys and decided it must be a burger and fries for supper!!! 

We are settled in for the night and watching the weather as it is predicted to be bad with some strong winds. We are tied very secure to a dock and feel we will be fine. 

I'll let you know tomorrow how we faired this storm. 

It may be a stay at home day tomorrow!!! I really wanted to go into downtown Savannah but we will just have to see how it goes. 

I have a few pics to share!, hope you enjoy!! Love to all, Fran & Capn Rod 

A beautiful sunrise as we left Redbird creek this morning.

I could not resist taking this pic!!! As we went by a new housing development where they had just completed these docks!!! I know there must have been 10,000 seagulls sunning!, lol

Rod spotted this nest with a pair of golden eagles sitting on the nest!! 

Docked at a safe Marina to weather the coming storm!!! 

A great breakfast!! It's a locals hangout here on the island. 

Tybee Island lighthouse!! So sad it was closed today!! We will go back!!