We arrived in St. Mary’s early Sunday evening. As for how our coastal cruising went…. depending on who you talk to you will get a different answer. I would tell you that although there was no wind and we motored almost the entire way that the trip was good since there were very limited waves. The Captain would tell you the trip wasn’t good with fairly big waves and no wind. So who to believe?
But that is the past. Let’s talk about St. Mary’s and the present! St. Mary’s is a great little town on the Georgia – Florida border. They are just finishing putting up the holiday decorations. All of the light posts are adorned with wreathes, garland stretches along the rails of patios and across the park gazebos and today the town Christmas tree is being put up on the waterfront.
Town has several great shops. We’ve already spent time in the both the bookstores. The used bookstore is particularly fun since it is just loaded with books of all kinds. We spent about 2 hours there yesterday just pulling books off the shelves and reading the back covers. They even had a small room with just nautical books that David took particular interest in and a wall where all the boaters sign in that they have been there. We will likely go back again to rummage through the shelves a bit more. There is also a submarine museum nearby – likely because of the nuclear submarine base on the outside of town – old churches, Orange Hall and plenty of restaurants to sample.
The boating community here has already put on a great program and it isn’t even Thanksgiving yet! They have transportation available to drive us out to the larger grocery and laundry outside of town. We are also enjoying cruiser Happy Hours every night this week at the local tavern. Yesterday was our first. The tavern offers a cash bar and all the boaters bring a snack to share. Yesterday we made our spinach artichoke dip which got rave reviews. It will be a challenge to top it but we are going to see how crab and cheese pinwheels go over tonight.
More soon!
The Admiral
But that is the past. Let’s talk about St. Mary’s and the present! St. Mary’s is a great little town on the Georgia – Florida border. They are just finishing putting up the holiday decorations. All of the light posts are adorned with wreathes, garland stretches along the rails of patios and across the park gazebos and today the town Christmas tree is being put up on the waterfront.
Town has several great shops. We’ve already spent time in the both the bookstores. The used bookstore is particularly fun since it is just loaded with books of all kinds. We spent about 2 hours there yesterday just pulling books off the shelves and reading the back covers. They even had a small room with just nautical books that David took particular interest in and a wall where all the boaters sign in that they have been there. We will likely go back again to rummage through the shelves a bit more. There is also a submarine museum nearby – likely because of the nuclear submarine base on the outside of town – old churches, Orange Hall and plenty of restaurants to sample.
The boating community here has already put on a great program and it isn’t even Thanksgiving yet! They have transportation available to drive us out to the larger grocery and laundry outside of town. We are also enjoying cruiser Happy Hours every night this week at the local tavern. Yesterday was our first. The tavern offers a cash bar and all the boaters bring a snack to share. Yesterday we made our spinach artichoke dip which got rave reviews. It will be a challenge to top it but we are going to see how crab and cheese pinwheels go over tonight.
More soon!
The Admiral
11/25/08
2 comments:
Hey you two, would have commented sooner but wasn't sure how to "blog". Hope this works. Kent doesn't know how to blog either, so we techies must get help. Weather sucks, I'm sure you picked the right year to start your adventure. If this works, I will try again. Kay
Hi Kay, It worked! We are in St. Augustine now and they said 70's this Thursday but then they changed the forecast and now only the low 60's, Will it ever get warm down here, it would seem the name of the boat should have been "ARCTIC" Breeze... Dave
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