Saturday April 27: Big Tom Creek - Georgia

It was up early again today to catch the current going our way. Thankfully a peaceful night at anchor.

Currents are a funny thing. For this part of Georgia, half the time you are going 9 mph and the other half 6 mph. I guess that averages out but it's still hard to travel 6 mph so we avoid it whenever possible!

Our travels today consisted of crossing 4 large sounds (these open to the ocean) and many rivers. Along with a few dug canals connecting rivers which allow us to made a continuous path on inland waterways rather than having to travel on the ocean side.

Our plan for Little Mud River was successful! It was close to high tide when we went through - definitely a good thing :-) One spot I went over was about 10 feet. Take away a 7 foot tide and we are sitting in the mud ......

Traveling along this part of the intercoastal is almost all marsh lands. We passed a couple of sailboats and a few power boats passed us but for the most part it was very quiet - even though it was a Saturday.

The weather continues to hold for us - thunderstorms are due in early next week. We'll see.

61 miles today and 45 miles yesterday. North Carolina is some 500 miles from Fernandina so we are slowly making our way north.

Plans for tomorrow are to be somewhere near Beaufort, SC.

Tonight we're anchored in a nice little creek called Big Tom Creek. The tide swings in this area are 7 feet or so. This picture (left) was taken at not quite low tide. As I write this, the mud is now all covered and the water is part way up the marsh grass. We stopped early today so we could catch the current going our way tomorrow morning instead of fighting it for another hour or so this afternoon.

We've turned 180 degrees from when we first anchored in the then falling tide. Fun things when anchoring in Georgia but I've finally gotten used to the change in tide and the constant current - either in or out.

I had to wait until the boat was higher on the horizon in order to get a signal for the internet! Crazy place .....