Brunswick Landing wasn't everything we had hoped for. We tried to settle in, but after three nights decided it just wasn't for us. Unfortunatley the decision to move was made after the kid's bikes were stolen!! So we woke up Monday morning at Brunswick Landing, thinking this was it for the month, and by Monday afternoon we were settled into Jekyll Harbour Marina. To tell the truth, we just couldn't get out of Brunswick quick enough (hence the 8 knots on the GPS).
We were fortunate that Jekyll had room for us. Momments after arriving the kids were once again away playing with the Schlump's (Corwin and Chantelle), whom we met up with at Olverson's. Here's a video of them entertaining (or being entertained by) Charlie, who also performed tricks for them.
Jekyll Island is a beautiful hidden treasure with alot of history. Within the first hour of arriving, while Mark was busy storing the outboards, the kid's and I took the courtsey car and headed for the beach. We knew at this point that we were going to love it here. Miles of beach in either direction (much like our favorite place Cape Hatteras).
After returning to the boat (and not trying to sound too excited in front of Daddy), we cleaned up and sat down to enjoy an amazing sunset and dinner at Sea Jay's, the restaurant located on the marina property. After dinner, and a couple of drinks we headed back to the boat to enjoy some family time.
After we got the kid's to bed Mark and I sat outside with a couple of drinks and both agreed we made the right decision to move.
Tuesday morning was met with mixed emotions as Mark had to leave, but we were all greatfull to be in such a beautiful place. Sasha (Chantell and Corwin's mom) was kind enough to take our minds off of Daddly leaving and took us to a beautiful spot (five minutes away) where we got to play on a tree rope, walk on the beach, climb trees and have a picnic. What a gorgeous day!!!!
This month we need to focus on school work again, so we got right back into full days of learning (along with a little history lesson about Jekyll Island from a guided tour).Yesterday, after lesson's we headed to Walmart to get some groceries and buy new bikes for the kid's. Jekyll Island has miles of bike paths, so we couldn't see not having them for the month.
We woke up this morning to another beautiful day, and were treated to a dolphin tour from Randy (a fellow cruiser that works at the marina, and lives on his sailboat with his wife). Although we did not see any dolphin's we were treated to some wild horses on Cumberland Island, and a beautiful day on the water (Thank's Randy)!!!
Yes, I do believe the kids and I (and any visitor's that want to join us) will be very happy here!!!!
We planned to spend a day and a half in Beaufort, our second stop (on land) since leaving Virginia. We had real showers at the marina, then walked downtown for lunch.
Is it just me, or is Mitchell starting to look alot like Kurt Cobain???
We played tourist, wandering the streets and then taking a historical carriage tour of the town. The tour was actually very interesting, there is alot of history around Beaufort. The old houses and Spanish Moss really added to the southern feel of the place. By the way, "Forrest Gump", "The Big Chill" and "Prince of Tides" were all filmed in Beaufort.
We learned a few interesting things including 1. the reason for the 2 large sweeping stairs you see on southern homes (men would use one side because of dirt on their boots, women used the other side to keep the tails of their dresses clean), 2. why the ceilings of all the porches are painted blue (evil spirits will think they are underwater so will stay away and hornets will not build nests because they think there is only blue sky above them).
Although we have been on the boat alot lately, the kids have continued to do a great job getting along and keeping entertained. We are all looking forward to getting to the Bahamas, warm weather and water. Here the kids are getting some practice in for wakeboarding.
While in Beaufort we made sure to pick-up some pumpkins.
As you can imagine, with us spending as much time at anchor as we do, the kids have to be creative when it comes to passing the time. Yes they have books and video games, as well as the internet (just like at home, right!), and we have movie nights, but just playing around is something else. One really nice thing about our catamaran is that she is very stable on the water, so the wakes of passing boats don't bounce us around too much.. The kids really enjoy playing up on the boom and swinging from the rigging.
The kids each have a digital camera and every once in awhile they will capture a beautiful image.
The kids spent a few hours at the clubhouse, watching regular TV for the first time in quite awhile.
Lisa hid cannot throughout the boat last night and we let the kids go hunting for it. No, contrary to what they think, they won't get to eat everything they found (some is coming back to Newfoundland next week).
