From Florida to the Chesapeake and Back

Day 20

We are still here at Brunswick Landing Marina. It was nice to not have to get up and get going first thing in the morning. Even slept in a little. It was a little on the cloudy side, and pretty humid. But, we went for a walk after tea/coffee and ended up at a breakfast joint in town. Very reasonably priced place. My breakfast was $7.00 for eggs, pancakes, bacon and tea. We then walked a little bit checking things out and then headed back to the marina. The marina has several bikes you can use anytime if they are available. We found two and decided to pedal to the local Winn Dixie and pick up a few things. It was about a mile and a half or so, not too far. We got our things, loaded most into a back pack I borrowed from my granddaughter that she doesn’t use anymore, put the rest in small baskets on the bikes, and pedaled back to the boat. We got unloaded and then it was time for guess what. Yep, that would be beer. We took the bikes back to the rack at the club, and went in for some beer. We hung out there for a while and eventually the sun came out.

About that time we figured it would be a good opportunity to give the boat a fresh water wash down. The hull was covered in crusty salt, and the decks had been washed with ICW water each time we pulled up anchor. So we got out the brush, a bucket, soap and sponge and went to work. A couple of hours later, lots of sweat, and gnats that bite, we had scrubbed and washed down everything but the flying bridge, then it started to rain. Not too much at first, but we cleaned up and…. yep, had a beer. We just hung out for a while and decided it was time to start dinner. Crab cakes and rock fish. Yumm. Rick took the rockfish up to the head of the dock where they have a covered area with seats and a gas grille. While he cooked the rockfish I worked on the crab cakes. While he was up there cooking, it started lightening and then the rain began. Rick did make it back without getting too wet and we ate while it began to pour harder and harder. There were no leftovers. There was a lot of lightening but no real thunder, but there was very heavy rain for several hours

So that was our first full day here in Brunswick. My activity tracker says I walked the equivalent of 4.25 miles. We'll see about tomorrow, expecting more rain. Here are a few pictures from our sightseeing this morning.