Wednesday morning we headed to a marina just south of Savannah. We had stayed overnight in Savannah when we drove back to Marathon, so we decided to skip Savannah and stay in Thunderbolt GA.
We passed this marker overlooking the marina when we walked to a nearby restaurant for dinner. It’s amazing how many sites along our trip have been involved in wartime activities.The next morning we woke up to half a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts delivered to our boat, compliments of the marina!
Thursday we traveled all of 18 miles to get to Harbour Town Yacht Basin at Sea Pines Resort, Hilton Head, South Carolina.
This is the lighthouse at the entrance to the yacht basin, built by Charles Fraser, the founder of Sea Pines Plantation, and completed in 1970. It was built to attract yachtsmen to this area, but it was quickly discovered by television networks that cameras looking down from the top of the lighthouse could be aimed directly at the 18th hole on the Harbour Town Golf Links where the PGA Heritage Golf Classic is played. It has become a symbol for Hilton Head and widely recognized. And it was easy to spot by us as well! Our boat is in a slip behind the big boat in the background.Standing at the bottom of the lighthouse, looking across the entrance to the marina, at the 18th hole.From donuts delivered to our boat in the morning to the bottle of wine given to us when we checked into the marina – yesterday was a major score of goodies!There’s a long public pier with several charter boats. We watched this one come in – see the next photo to see why this was so much fun to see.It’s had a few upgrades since the America’s Cup race – engines, roller furling, etc.Last night we noticed a lot of fish jumping near our boat. And then a blue heron landed on the finger pier next to us, watching the fish and seemingly trying to decide if he could get any of them. Eventually he left without trying to catch any of the fish. You can see ripples in the upper right hand corner from the fish jumping.Sunset, as seen from our boat.
