Black Beard Island

Today we motored from the Vernon River to Blackbeard Island, GA.  We thought we might go ashore to see the University of Georgia Marine Research Institute and its iconic Turkey fountain.  It was a little too windy to easily launch the dinghy and motor to  the ferry dock.  Instead we watched part of a movie tonight.  It is not beginning to feel a lot like Christmas here with warm weather and palm trees but there was a nice Christmas display on the dock where we anchored last night.  We have had some followers on this cruise -- a dolphin a few days ago -- and these guys stopped by to wish us a Merry Christmas:

And we would like to wish our friends and family and faithful blog followers 

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

and a

Happy Hannukah