Up early and moving down the river, about 7:30 am, still in the ICW. It's still pretty cold out and there is still a small craft advisory for the outside. Bella and I did our usual staying inside for most of the morning with Carl at the helm. Yes I know what a wimp.. What can I say, me and the cold don't get along isn't that why we live in Florida.. However my hand does a good job of reaching things out to Carl like coffee.
After cruising most of the day we stopped for fuel at Jekyll Island Marina and filled up our water. We saw the power boat that was driving really crazy a couple of day ago, and I asked the wife " aren't you the people who were driving drunk with kids aboard a few days ago?" Carl about fell over...She said no her husband doesn't drink, but she did have three kids and they just picked up the boat. First time having a boat and had to pick it up in North Carolina. Maybe that's why he was weaving all over the place, he doesn't know how to navigate or drive. They were there repairing a hole in the top of the boat they got getting off a dock, forgot to untie on cleat. Good luck to them getting back to Florida. We left the the marina and it was time to cross St. Simmons Sound and boy was it rough.. The waves inside the sound were 3 to 4 feet following seas. Looking out to ocean it looked pretty rough too. So inside we stay again. Carl called a small sailboat we met to tell him to wait till it calmed down before he tried to cross it. He only had the boat 4 months and it was only 25 ft with a tiller and outboard motor. He sure would have had a rough time of it. He said he had planned to wait till today.We anchored in a small creek at 5 pm , it would be dark soon. Still grass flats all around. Total miles for the day were 55 miles, not to bad. Funny how on the outside it would have only been 90 miles to get to Florida, but on the inside it's 4 days.. Today we hit Florida, our  home state..