Jorge thought setting the alarm for half an hour before we were to leave was not sufficient time so the alarm went at 0600 this morning. Uggghhh! He was up before the alarm! The silence last night in the anchorage was deafening, it was sooooo quiet. I loved it.

We weighed anchor at 0700 and headed into Coosaw River. The current was against us a bit but we opened the geneo and gained 0.5 kts. (Every little bit helps.) How cold was it this morning? Well we didn't have any dock lines to judge by but I could see my breath inside the enclosure until 0800. Again the morning was bright with blue skies and lots of sunshine. By 1100 we were definitely warming up. We had the current running with us for most of the day, at times we got up to 7.8 kts.

An early morning visitor as we were leaving our anchorage - maybe looking for breakfast?

Right off our stern.

Hilton Head, S.C. Don't let the sandy beaches and palms deceive you, it's still cool!

 

The day was going very well and we were ahead of schedule. Only 7 miles from our intended anchorage, it happened! We were in a narrow part of the ICW, making our way between the red and green buoys when, you guessed it, we ran aground! There we were, minding our own business, doing what responsible cruisers do. Go figure, we were following the magenta line and were equal distance between the two buoys. I guess the tide and current had brought in extra silt. Luckily Jorge was able to power us out into deeper water and we were on our way again, only lost about 20 minutes. Good-bye South Carolina! But I hear the water level in Georgia isn't much better. Jorge says it is a good thing the bottom is muddy/sandy down here otherwise the keel would look like popcorn by the time we get home.

We dropped the hook just inside the Georgia border in St. Augustine Creek shortly after 1500. I was quite happy with our progress the past two days. My goal was this anchorage today and we made it, a bit ahead of schedule even with our grounding.

                                          Our anchorage in Georgia, looks the same as S.C.

No Jorge was not into the happy hour yet when he took this video!

Supper was early, taking advantange of the daylight and unfortunately no leftovers tonight :(. We are definitely in cruisers' mode - early for dinner, early for bed. Tomorrow I think will be a stay put day. Sunday is looking good for going outside the ICW into the Atlantic, we'll see.