We are up bright and early to make our way to our next destination, Cumberland National Seashore. Bubba really wanted to try to make it to Brunswick but that would have put us getting into the marina around 9:00 which was not ideal. We needed to time the inlet with Cumberland correctly as well because it too has a really strong current.
There is not much to do at Cumberland except explore the island. Cumberland Island is a barrier island off of Georgia’s southeast coast with protected beaches and maritime forest. The Dungeness Ruins are the remains of a mansion built by Thomas Carnegie, brother and partner of the steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie.
While making our way down we caught ourselves playing chicken with the Navy. We had a war ship that kept going back and forth in front of us. Oh Shit! We do we do? We finally got a tug boat that was near the warship to answer our call. They were towing a barge into the St. John’s River and the Navy was there to assist.
The current was still coming out when we got to the inlet. We had not had any wind all day, until that is we got to the inlet, and it began to gust 20 knots. Bubba ended up throwing the jib up to give us a little advantage over the current.
We got anchored in front of the ferry drop off location. We then started prepping for dinner on board.
We played a few more games of Mexican Train before we went to bed for the evening. We would be rising early again in the morning to make the short sail over to Brunswick. Of course, our timing we all be to sync up with the tides changes that would be happening as we made our way. I have to say, the St. Mary’s inlet is one of the best marked inlets we have been to. It is visibly clear and easy to read.
Our timing was perfect with the St. Simon inlet going into Brunswick. We got back to the marina fairly quick compared to the first time we came last Fall. We are back at the same slip location we were at last year on dock 0, South dock. Kyle, Phillip, Anita and Alli came by to welcome us and get us tied off.
While I get us checked in the boys needed to make sure the truck was still there and it would crank. If it did not crank, then we had our little jumper that I had been charging just in case. We got the old girl running and drove over for some pizza at Fox’s, took the car through the car wash, and went to Lowe’s for a new water hose.
The following day Bubba and James would be traveling back to Arkansas. They would have a later flight out. Luckily, I got them to the airport early and that is where they found out there was an issue with James’s ticket. Bubba and James would make it out of Brunswick but would end up getting stuck in Atlanta for the night. They would arrive to NWA the next morning.
Bubba would spend the next couple of days managing Skip’s affairs. Special appreciation for the family for stepping in until Bubba could get back. All that I can say here is make sure you have your affairs in order, we never know when our day will come. Not having your effects in order causes unnecessary stress on your loved ones not to mention the legal ramifications that also occur.
One other thing I will say, the reason why we chose to take this jump to try to live out our dream of living on a boat is at no point in time would our health be any better than it was last year when we started. We work crazy hours and in stressful jobs to hope to one day have enough money to retire. What I would say is you will never have enough money and if you do our government will find any means they can to take it from you. What you should be considering is will I have my health to enjoy retirement. Very few people have both so get out there and live now.
Oh, James and Bulleit also graduated to this status before he left the boat.
Bubba and James enjoyed a few cocktails at some point in time during their airport travels.
