Left St Catherines early and resume the snake-like path through the Georgia lowlands. At times we were down to 2 kts as a 'four-boat-train' felt its way through 4-5 foot waters.
Compass Rose wasn't in the lead so she got to follow a deeper draft sailboat. However, she soon became the leader as the lead dog went momentarily aground.
Transiting Sapelo Sound south of St Catherines we saw this shrimp boat coming in with hundreds of seagulls hitching a ride.
This was our longest run of the trip (52 nm and 9 hrs). Ended up anchoring off Jekyll Island, GA. Went ashore Monday morning and walked around. Jekyll Island was founded in the 1880's by "The Millionaires Club" (aka Rockefeller, Gould, Astors, Vanderbilts, Goodyear, Morgan, Pulitzer, etc). It was a getaway and place to socialize and brainstorm. By WW II, the membership of the Jekyll Island Club controlled 1/6 of the world's wealth. The first transcontinental phone call was made here to California. Also, the idea for the Federal Reserve was hatched here. No telling how many scotches that took!
Photo: Pam on the phone with Carson (how did people do this before cell phones?!)
Photo: Jekyll Island at St Andrews Sound. It's "red right return!".
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