12/7/15   Monday    DAVID's BIRTHDAY!!!

Last night was...difficult, shall we say. One of those wind against tide nights. (PHOTO BELOW)

Grace (the black "bullet") moving all over the place in the current and wind, and we were trying to sleep

David started his birthday with a....stumble...lurch....and the most interesting bruise on his butt. He stepped on the cat's tail. She yelled and ran. He hopped off her tail just as the boat lurched in the choppy wind/tide routine. David stumbled. David grabbed for the chair arm. The Captain's chair is not nailed down. Both he and chair fell down. David managed to catch himself on the seatee arms BEFORE falling down the stairs. A stripped bruise from the tread, a lump on the bruised butt, a kitty who is suspicious of his feet. Otherwise, no damage. And David came up smiling.

In spite of the smile it was a cold, rainy morning. My birthday man!

We organized ourselves and Grace to leave. It was still spitting rain but mostly warm. It always takes at least 1/2 hour to get the dinghy and her motor attached and detached. We're just uncomfortable hauling the dinghy behind us with the motor still on board and it would slow our progress. So our sailing companions for the last couple of days had a 40 minute head start on us. Okay, though, as we travel a couple knots faster than they.

Not to dis the very serious situation of immigrants but when I saw the Cormorants at right I thought of immigrants
stranded on beaches waiting to leave. Then I notices the white egrets on the left and wondered - metaphorically - about
segregation. The white egrets are fewer but larger. Clouds in background are ominous, too.

Short, pretty easy day with lots of twist and turns making for slow going several times but we were at our anchorage by 1300 hrs (1 PM). We spent some of the afternoon reading, took a trip to the Ferry dock for a walk on land then visited our friends, Dana and Craig, on their boat. Brought our brownies and celebrated David's birthday.

The mast immediately over David's shoulder is Grace

Afternoon walk on Sapelo Island GA 

Spanish Moss eventually kills the host tree but so beautiful in the long process.

Our lives are rich and so very blessed. What a privilege to be journeying, together, and meeting so many people and having so many adventures. And tonight the Milky Way is brilliant.