We actually had a very nice time in Georgetown even though the trip up from Charleston was apocalyptic. Lovely park, great downtown.

USS Yorktown aircraft carrier bringing Howie back to his US Air Force days.

Yep, when you can’t find any other images of the surrounding area, my go to is uploading a picture of Bella!

My dear friend Carolyn! We do back to 1997 with our friendship

It was a bit ‘nippy’ heading up from Jekyll island to our anchoring spot. We haven’t anchored out since working with “Captain Jack”. Here’s hoping that the anchor holds and we stay in one spot for the night!

Walking the beach on Jekyll Island.

So amazing to see dear friends!

Bella enjoying a siesta on the “dark side” of the boat.

St. Augustine ranks up there in the top three cities that we visited in Florida. Very pretty, great downtown area with lots of shops and quality restaurants.

My brother Carl and his wife Maggie have come down to Palm Coast for the last few years and recommended we go to Rodie’s Place for lunch. It did not disappoint-good quality food!!

I brought the boat into the Halifax Harbor marina, around the marina office, past the first dock line and docked the boat on the middle T-head.

Heading into Titusville Municipal Marina.

This is a pretty “Zen” Bella which is pretty unusual.

Enjoying a margarita after our first official week on the Great Loop! We got the margarita mix from a couple that were giving away food/drink at our old Fort Lauderdale marina. Turned out to not be such a good mix as I spent time in the bathroom getting rid of it. Yuck.

Howie and Bella just to the left of the Captain’s station on the flybridge.

Bella and Linda getting ready to head out from Fort Lauderdale. Some anxiety with starting this grand adventure, but feeling like we can handle what comes our way.