12/12/14
New Teakettle Creek, BFE, Georgia ICW
Position:34 03.559N, 77 53.265W
Posted by Bill

Another 41 nautical miles in the ICW today. We had to time the next major shoal area, Hell Gate, for mid tide rising, and we hit it around 1 1/2 hours before high tide….perfect. The tides along our route lined up very well for another excellent passage, and we made it to the most further anchorage option on the route, so we were happy about that. It was also much warmer today…major happiness.

Most of our passage today was through the sounds and coastal marshes of Georgia and was very remote but beautiful. This is certainly God’s country and it makes you appreciate His creation.

Most of the boats heading south are already further south than us, due to our delay from spending 2 weeks back home, so we have the waterway and anchorages mostly to ourselves.

We saw lots more dolphins today. They are becoming routine the further we head south. We saw a mother and child swimming together this morning as we were raising anchor.

It doesn’t matter how much you see them. It is still very cool. We really want to see a manatee next, but will probably have to wait until we get in southern Florida because they have migrated south already.

We are anchored in New Teakettle Creek which is in the middle of BFE Georgia. Lots of birds making weird noises, but a beautiful secluded anchorage. Here is today’s sunset.

Tomorrow we tackle the next major shoal area in Georgia…Little Mud River!