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Faith in Humanity

Sunday we had a great run, the A4 (atomic four inboard motor) ran like a beast. Pushing us through some wind swell and current beautifully. We made Beaufort SC. By 2 or 2:30 pm that afternoon from Thunderbolt Georgia. The free dock was taken, but it was early so we kept going.

Lady’s Island bridge is off restriction on Sunday (if you don’t make it by 7am you will wait until 9 during the week) We headed up to Brickyard Creek, it looked good on the charts… It said to anchor on the 11ft on the charts… Ha ha – not much room at all shoaling everywhere. It was too late in the day to leave we were committed.
I circled many Times found the best spot I could. With the opposing wind and current the boat kept laying up on the anchor line so fast we couldn’t even try to get a second one out.

All of a sudden we had to do something or end up cutting our own anchor line on the keel. We went on deck to see a blond lady waving her arms and yelling… We thought at first it was the “get your stinky sailboat out from in front of our house” but we were wrong.

She was waving us down to come to her dock for the night telling us that’s a bad spot to anchor many and most end up on the bank.She was watching us with binoculars and saw we were in trouble, this lady was an Angel worried we would end up like others in the past.

We tied to a dock warm and cozy, slept like a baby.

Thought #1: Our faith in Humanity is restored 🙂
Thought #2: Life is good

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The Oldest City In America, are you sure?

Post author By Wolfbernz
Post date February 26, 2013
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As we sit here riding out the storm for the last few days here in Saint Marys I have met some wonderful people. We even went to the local Christ Episcopal Church on Sunday and loved it.

Christ Episcopal Church Saint Marys Georgia

I am glad we are tied to a dock, it is a rough storm bouncy and noisy but safe. A sailboat close by hit the beach this morning, Yikes!

It has been brought to my attention by some local people that Saint Marys is the oldest city in America not Saint Augustine? When I asked I was told that St. Augustine was owned by the Spanish not the American colonies… Hmmmm my first thought was, I wonder if this is true. We’re the American colonies together then?

We have been walking around the small city of Saint Marys and there is a lot of history here. Some in fact that dates back to the same time as St Augustine. In the very early 1500’s Acorrding to Wikipedia, It says St. Augustine was the oldest but it shows St. Marys town not listed… My second thought was how could this old historic town that included so many people important to America’s history. The battles fought here, and not a word, hmmmm. I wonder why? This was obviously a town in the early 1500’s so what happened, I found this…

St. Marys, Georgia is the second oldest continuously inhabited city in the United States … Established by an act of the state legislature on December 5, 1792
Noted as a town almost 300 years after it was settled.

Here are a few photos of the town from the last few days ( taken between raindrops lol)

Fountain in the Saint Marys Georgia town park

Historical Marker for Washington's Pump and Oaks — Historical Marker for Washington’s Pump and Oaks

Washington's Pump - the only source of fresh water in Saint Marys Georgia until the Tidal wave of 1818 — Washington’s Pump – the only source of fresh water in Saint Marys Georgia until the Tidal wave of 1818

Me sitting on a Bench in front of the old Grocery Store - now an empty restaurant — Me sitting on a Bench in front of the old Grocery Store – now an empty restaurant

Sanford Goodbread House - really liking the pirate and cannon on the front lawn — Sanford Goodbread House – really liking the pirate and cannon on the front lawn

Our Boat, PT26, sitting on the City Dock in Saint Mary

Have a great Tuesday,
Wolfbernz

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I “was” getting a little homesick!

Post author By Wolfbernz
Post date January 22, 2013
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So we are down in to Florida Keys, it’s been a long trip for some reason this year. Maybe because we have traveled so far.
I was missing the kids and Jacob the Grandson, then the phone wrang!
My first thought when the phone rings from the farm is ” ther must be a problem” of course there was but a simple one the refrigerator went on the fritz and stopped working. Not to bad we just got them a new one, problem solved 🙂
Then the guy who takes care of the farm while we are gone told me it was 14 degrees and snowing its ass off!!! I told Kenny sorry to here that the low tonight is 67 the high tomorrow is around 80.
He laughed and said I will be right down… So much for being homesick, at this point I don’t think I could take the cold so I will hang in there until spring.

We were going to leave here, Vaca key and head fourty or so miles across the Gulf of Mexico to Pennecamp State park. Free mooring ball to tie up to for a week. There are no provisions there, no gas, etc… It’s a bring it in and take it out park.

My first thought when Trina told me about it was, I want to snorkel the 16th century wreck 🙂 how fun this would be… It still has the old cannons and all. They also have a nice coral reef to explore and a big aquarium too.

We were going to leave this Wednesday but of course we have to wait for weather so we will leave this Friday.

Have a great Tuesday
Wolfbernz.

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It Makes Me Wonder

My first thought as we sailed into the Florida Keys is God has created such beautiful places.
It makes me wonder about home on the Chesapeake Bay… Did it look like this at one time before all the pollution? The bay at home does have times when it gets flushed out it turns sort of clear but nothing like this. It has been a long sail to get here, stopping for a rest last month was a good idea, I feel as though we have sailed to the end of the Earth, well worth it though. Check out the photo of the water when we anchored up a couple days ago.

water and winch

It was spooky, scary and exciting all at the same time. There is no depth perception when the water is so clean, one just has to trust in the instruments that you are in the right place. This was taken in uncharted water we had to feel our way in so to speak so not to run aground.

My second thought is as we have sailed the last few years I have realized how important it is to take care of our environment. We need to stop wasting money on things that are unnecessary, I won’t start listing what I think they are… That’s another blog post for sure, but I will say if I have to take a drug test to earn the money so they can hand it out, then the recipients should have to take one to get assistance. I never gave it so much thought before, maybe I was just caught up in the rat race. But they have been saying this for years and now I know why.

We are taking another break for a bit here in Boot Key Harbor… Maybe a little fishing, some beach time under the coconut tree, than it will be time to follow the wind again.

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Have a great Tuesday
Wolfbernz

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Server work while sailing

We have changed our servers, hopefully they will make the sites run faster. The hardest part is being in the middle of nowhere while trying to do this. We really wanted to get it done before we left but ran out of time.

Trina will not be able to participate because some sites are being worked on still. I got a message this morning that the comments were not working on BD – my first thought was omg here we go with issues, it was all working fine, luckily it was an easy fix.

So here it is the new year 2013 can you believe it’s here already?

I didn’t think I would be here in the Matanzas River anchored in front of the old Matanzas Fort!

Happy Tuesday Everyone!
Wolf

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Hotel California

Where we are staying they played the song Hotel California live.
They have live music this often. My first thought when I heard this was about when we were in Todo Santos at the mission and the Hotel California in Mexico. It wasn’t until our visit there tha I realized they play this song in almost every language even the chipmunks sang the song while we were there… Unbelievable!

My second thought is how popular this song really is. The Eagles are very good, I don’t seem to get tired of them as time goes by they have too many good classics.

I was going to upload a video I took with the iPad but it will not upload – go figure, well, we have had some computer issues as I have heard and read about on Trina’s Blog – lol , ok not funny. Gosh I hope she reads this later.

I tried to move the video to the new computer and compress it and now WordPress will not upload it.

I give up you’ll just have to take my word for it it was good

Here’s a nice pic of the beach though………

Have a great Tuesday
Wolfbernz

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Sailing at Night

We left Beaufort, South Carolina, Last night around 1am in the morning. They have a free dock there but you have to be gone by 1am in the morning.

Of course at 1:15am the local sherrif showed up and was spotlighting us as we pulled away.

We arrived early to the marina and got hot showers did laundry etc…

Then we took a long nap until early this morning. Trina was still tired but I was fine, I have been through here at night before so I told her go back to bed and I would call her if I got in trouble.

What a beautiful night calm somewhat cloudy the moon was out.

My first thought was to solve all the problems of the world thinking of all that goes on everyday. Then I reflected on the kids until Flipper showed up, he kept me company the rest of the night until dawn.

My second thought was is this what life is really supposed to be like? My buddy the dolphin bumping the boat and blowing air at me while star gazing together? I tried to get some photos but it was so dark I couldn’t I would have loved to share the experience with you as I sailed along all night and crossed the Port Royal Sound into Georgia.

Have a great Tuesday,
Wolfbernz