Wednesday, June 5
As we needed to take on fuel and Langs didn't open until 0800, we had no reason to arise early.  Nat, the harbour master guided us in to the fuel dock and we took on 100 gallons of gas.  We were underway by 0850.  At 0900 it was 97 degrees on the flybridge. Cloudy, hot and muggy.

Hot, Hot, Hot

We were on the ICW all day.  I was at the helm when we drove by Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base.  The path was very curvy and took us very close to the base.  There was a small boat positioned at what appeared to be the entrance into the base.  Joe and I called him the gate guard.  As we got close, an error message came up on the chart plotter "radar overlay invalid".  I said to Joe "Look, Joe, they're jamming our radar signal....sneaky, huh?"  Sure enough, as we were equally past their entrance, the radar mysteriously began working again.  About this time both Joe and I smelled gasoline.  Since we had just taken on fuel, Joe checked over the sides to make sure nothing was leaking.  He determined that all was well and eventually we quit smelling gas.  About 10 minutes later, Tim comes back to the flybridge and we're all visiting.  "What have you been doing, Tim?"  "Well, I just replaced the thermostat on the starboard engine and also put the new fuel -flow sensor on."  The light comes on for both Joe and me.  "So, that's why we were smelling gasoline?"  "Hey Tim, the Naval base jammed our radar signal when we went by!!"  He grins and says "Oh yeah? I suppose me disconnecting the network cable when I installed the fuel-flow sensor had nothing to do with it?!"  Burst my conspiracy-theorist bubble.....

Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base

We had a couple heavy rain periods (surprise, surprise) and according to the forecast, rain may last all week.  At least we're out of the Gulf.  My friend Debbie texted me earlier about tropical storm Andrea.  Our friend Tom is supposed to be aboard a sail boat from Fort Lauderdale, around the Keys and back up to Tampa right now.  Hope all is well...  And, we are hoping Andrea leaves us alone.  Joe is right now looking online and it doesn't look good.  As Tim would say..."We're doomed!"
It took us all day to get from one end of Cumberland Island to the other, and it's only 17 miles long.  Like I said earlier, the ICW was S-curves all day.  Years ago, the island belonged to a woman who raised horses.  In her will, she left the island to the State of GA for a nature preserve with the stipulation that the horses would remain and be cared for.  Today, there are many wild horses living on the island.  We saw one on a beach and a few others closer to the woods. 
Just before reaching our destination for the day, we had to pass Jekyll Island.  The channel next to the island was very narrow and VERY shallow.  Of course it didn't help matters that it was low tide, but at one point the depth finder displayed 2.7'.  Yeah, I know!  We have an additional 2' 10" under that, so we were OK.  At a couple of places the mud along the shoreline was higher than the water.  Joe took a couple of pictures of the muddy bank.

Narrow, shallow channel

We survived the shallow water and made it to Morningstar marina, St. Simons Island, GA.  We are tied up on the outer dock and we've been rocking since we tied up.  Should make for interesting sleeping tonight....See you next time.

Taken at dinner.  More salmon...yum...

Rainbow last night at Langs Marina.