To bring you up to date, we arrived in Thunderbolt, GA, just shy of Savannah on Friday evening. Our rudder is broken and it appears that we will be here for at least 3 - 4 weeks, The boat was hauled out on Monday morning and we are now living "on the hard". This means we are up on stilts and we're now living in a tree house. Fortunately, we can continue to live aboard while they work on the boat. We also plan to have some other issues we have with the boat taken care of while here.
This is now Wednesday and so far they have dropped the rudder and pulled the exhaust pipe out., checking for an exhaust leak. Nancy has had an upholster in to see about having the salon interior redone. We'll plan to get a bottom job and maybe a transmission seal replaced while here. We'll also be doing a few things to tidy her up ourselves.
Following are a few pictures I took while coming through the river in GA. Many people told us we should bypass this area by going on the outside because it was difficult and boring. We didn't find it to be that difficult and it was so beautiful that after a while it did become a little monotonous, But, it was still very scenic and very pretty.
These markers are called "routes". If you line the two up as shown in the first photo, the guide you though a narrow channel. You just have to be careful not to follow the too far or they will run you aground.
The off white toward the bottom of the picture are oysters. I just haven't found out if these are edible or not.
The "old" south!!!
How the other half lives, This is just shy of Savannah, GA.
Stay tuned for more!!!
1 comment:
I am still trying. Loved reading your older Blog and will follow on your new one. Mom
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