Thursday, March 3, 2016

3/31/16

IE has arrived at Jekyll Island once again on a beautiful sunny day. Nana was hoping to catch a view of some of the wild horses playing with the surf on the beach of Cumberland Island. Instead we found ourselves under scrutiny by the Navy Patrol who were monitoring the waterways along Kings Bay Submarine base in preparation of escorting a war vessel down St Mary's entrance. Now the skipper showed his true colors remaining calm and following the correct markers - a skill difficult to explain unless you have been through this section of the ICW. It takes three tugs to escort this submarine as you will see from the picture. 
IE has been scrubbed clean and to celebrate the ending of this great journey we will be picked up by the Bell Boy of the Jekyll Island Club Hotel for dinner at 7pm. The skipper has promised to follow the dress code!!!!
Tomorrow Nana and Nandad will dock at Brunswick where IE will remain for a few months. 
The pictures are the sunset on Amelia Island from IE and the second one is the three tugs with the submarine. Cruising on the ICW can bring the unexpected. It has been a marvelous journey. 

No comments:

Post a Comment