This is the picture perfect Marina only a few miles from Savannah. In fact they provide a loner car which Nana and Nandad took advantage of and drove into the city for a quick visit. This is our third week on the boat so we found the traffic etc too much !
Here is a picture of The Waving Girl Statue in Downtown Savannah. Florence Martus with her faithful collie by her side would greet every passing ship with a wave of her handkerchief or table cloth during the day and a lantern at night. She did this for 44 years until she retired in 1931.
Todays journey demanded our attention once again for almost six hours. Leaving Port Royal took us into Port Royal Sound and down Skull Creek passing Hilton Head and Daufuskie Island ( Calibogue Sound ). We passed the ferry that goes to Haig Point and headed into Cooper River. Several areas during this section are shallow but staying with the markers seemed to do the trick ( again the water level appears at least six to eight feet lower than usual ). New Horizon cruises into Georgia as we entered the Savannah River into Elba Island Cut ( which I learned later that Florence Martus lived on Elba Island with her brother who was the lighthouse keeper ). The picture above is the demolition of the old Bascule Bridge which has been replaced by the New Causton Bridge.
After a lovely brisk walk around this most beautiful neighborhood Nana showered and later we made dinner onboard. We were looking forward to eating outside but those nasty No-See-Ums took over !! Tomorrow we will aim to get to Jekyll Island MM 684 - one of our favorite places - it might be a reach so we will see.
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