Cumberland Island, Georgia
Our Dinghy “Namaste” High and Dry
We tried to get into Cumberland Island yesterday but the waves were too rough. Sandra Fish advised us that we really needed to visit the island so we came in today. It was last owned by Thomas Carnegie, brother to the famous and wealthy Andrew, and is now a National Park.
We couldn’t go into the dock due to hurricane Matthew damage and so took our dinghy Namaste into the shoreline and struggled to find out how to tilt the engine out of the water. Shelly said we looked like Laurel and Hardy to anyone watching, and she was right. We maneuvered her to a tie-in and headed in to walk along the trails. Walked to Dungeness Beach on the Atlantic, below:
Dungeness Beach
We neglected to pack a lunch and so were starving at this point. We made a beeline back toward our dinghy and came across several armadillos.
South Georgia Armadillo
It is quite strange to us to see animals such as these. We are Colorado natives and never deal with such strange animals. They are like moles or something and hardly care about you passing them.
When we got back to Namaste it was low tide and so we had to drag her 300 pounds about 100 feet back to the water. It was not an easy task, but necessary if we were to get back to Good Karma. Later that evening we visited Jim and Cynthia on their sailboat Neverland for happy hour. We learned a lot from them about boat life, both good and bad.
Tomorrow we head toward Jacksonville.
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