Finally Page Five
Dolphins!
Dolphins were playing in a little bay on a creek today. Slowing the boat down to bare steerage way caught their attention.
As you can see they wondered what this curious person was doing in their playground
A different dolphin showed his/her dorsal fin in the two photos. I've read that the dorsal fins are a good way to distinguish individuals.
If I get any better photos along the way, I'll be sure to post them.
Meanwhile... back in Savannah
A Liquid Natural Gas Carrier dwarfs its 40 or 50 foot long towboat.
And... for the first time anywhere. Big ship floats on grass past Eiffel tower!
Ok, ok, it gets a little boring all alone on the boat sometimes.
That orange lifeboat appears to be one of the latest models. It can turn completely over, right itself and keep on floating.
Not too sure I'd like to be inside when it turns turtle. Wonder if there are seatbelts?
After Savannah, my next stop was Isle of Hope Marina, where I had stopped on my way north in 1996. What a change! The old wooden docks have been replaced with new floating concrete units with all of the latest in electric and water hookups. The good thing is that the marina is still operating. In 1996, the talk on the docks was all about a developer offering large sums of money to buy the marina and build high rise condos, thus destroying the beautiful area.
Everyone collectively breathed a sigh of relief when that proposal failed.
The graveyard from "Midnight and the Garden of Good and Evil" appears on the ICW as one rounds a bend...
My next stop was quite a change from Isle of Hope. Kilkenny Creek Marina is a friendly little place that caters mostly to local fishermen. Here's how they place boats in the water. This lift picks the boat up off the trailer and lowers it sometimes as much as 10 or 12 feet into the water far below.
It's just a basic dock, but all that's needed by those who frequent it. Glisse was perfectly contented here as was I.
