We had a lazy day...left the marina about 8am waiting for the tide and we could only do 28 miles today.  Marinas in Georgia are bunched up together and then miles apart.  As we pulled into the ICW, Paula Dean's house is visible on the left side.  The marina owner's wife said she was kind of weird just like she is on TV.

There are so many side trips that we'd like to take like the Isle of Hope Wormsloe Historic site. But if we did this it would take another six months.  Immediatley below Isle of Hope is a twisting stretch of the ICW calked Skidway Narrows. It is the preferred swimming hole of the local river otter population.  We didn't see any today but it could have been because of the boat traffic.

There's an anchorage in Moon River, the river made famous by songwriter Johnny Mercer and singer Andy Williams.  Since we're not anchoring out, we didn't go up Moon River but it didn't look at all like the song portrays it.  

We went through an area called Hell Gate which is suppose to be one of the most notorious sections of the ICW for shoaling.  We didn't have any problems and had a welcoming committee on the southern end. (See photo below.)

On much of our trip today we listen to a rescue effort by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the US Coast Guard out of Charleston.  They had to rescue a hunter who had a heart attack somewhere around Hilton Head Island.  We happy to say that he survived until the helicopter arrived and airlifted him to Charleston.  It was encouraging to us that help is nearby if Phil has problems.

Here's our photo opps for today.

Shrimp boat at work in Possum Point on the Vernon River.

Our welcoming committee on a sand bar at the south end of Hell Gate.

Phil after a hard days work...not really this is the shortest day on the water so far.  There were several swings and a deck overlooking Kilkenny Creek where we docked for the night.

Vi on a deck overlooking the creek with Seahawk in the background.