[Rhodes22-list] Day 5 the day we were pulled over by the Navy!

[Rob Lowe]

Wally,
You don't happen to have any dolphin pictures, do you?


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From: "Wally Buck" <tnrhodey at hotmail.com>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 10:28 AM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Day 5 the day we were pulled over by the Navy!


> Day 5 Tuesday
>
> A great night sleep but the morning forecast called for continued heavy NE
> winds out on the ocean. It looks like we were going to be on ICW for a
> while. Not a problem I always wanted to see the area around Cumberland
> Island. I cooked eggs and ham for breakfast; we refueled, got some
supplies
> and headed out around 10:30. We were moving slow and there seemed no point
> in rushing.
>
> We motored out of the marina back into ICW and headed north. We passed the
> Fernandina Beach harbor area of Amelia Island. There are many contrasting
> things to see on this part of the ICW. Look one way and see beautiful
> marshes and beaches. Look the other way and see big industry at work.
>
> We reached the St. Mary's River and spotted a sub cruising into the sound.
> There was a beehive of activity providing support for the sub. The Air
Force
> had helicopters speeding all around and the Navy and Coast Guard had large
> zodiac style boats with hard cabin and fore and aft machine gun turrets.
One
> of these sped over and informed us we needed to get 1000 yards out of the
> channel and turn our bow away from the sub. We could enter channel once
the
> sub was 1000 yards past. We followed orders; left the channel, turned away
> and snapped some pics.
>
> After the sub passed we cruised passed Cumberland Island and headed up
> Cumberland Sound and the Cumberland River. This part of the ICW is Mother
> Nature at her best. Undeveloped sand swept shorelines all around. The
> currents and tides are quite strong and I was glad to have that big diesel
> driving us. We saw numerous dolphins including many mother dolphins with
> baby dolphins. You could see little tiny dorsal fins zipping all around.
> They were only a couple of feet long and they always kept their distance.
> Talk about cute! Every now and then they would jump in the air and try to
do
> a flip. We would see dolphins everyday on this trip but the baby dolphins
> were really cool to see. Bird life was plentiful; Osprey, Brown Pelicans,
> Herons, Cranes, Egrets, and a variety of gulls were all around. Later that
> day we discovered that there are sub hangers on the west side of the river
> so now we knew the reason for the sub on the ICW. As we went by sub
hangers
> the red helo and zodiacs buzzed us again.
>
> Late in the day Brian discovered we had a water pump leaking so we decided
> to proceed to Jekyll Harbor Marina and purchase new pump. We crossed St.
> Andrews Sound and enjoyed the view of Cumberland Lighthouse of our stern.
> Unfortunately we got to marina after 6 and could not look for part until
> morning. We decided to try the restaurant and the seafood boil was quite
> tasty. We spent the rest of the evening relaxing drinking cold beers
> poolside and enjoying the hot tub. We only traveled about 36 miles due to
> late start and motor problems.
>
>


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