How We Spent Summer Break, Part 2

Herb River to Wahoo River, GA (anchored)

June 19, 2025 (posted on the 20th)

This was another long day of travelling through the twisty, windy Georgia chunk of the ICW.  We also had to plan for tide height in Hell Gate which is about 3 hours from here.

Isle of Hope is just before Hell Gate – it’s a lovely name for a peaceful and historic area (Wormsloe Historic Site is nearby – its name doesn’t have the same beauty).

We got to Hell Gate on a good tide and zipped through.  It’s a short way but it’s got just a skinny little channel.

St. Catherine Sound is wide open and nice and deep.

We covered a bit over 43 nautical miles (about 50 land miles) in over 8 hours.   The ride can be monotonous but there’s live entertainment pretty often – the dolphins have been fairly frequent visitors.

Tonight’s anchorage is in a very secluded location – we haven’t seen any boats or houses.  Internet coverage is really spotty, which isn’t a problem unless we want to check weather radar.  Our anchor is secure, though, so I’m not too anxious.

We’ve also seen many of my favorite shore birds – roseate spoonbills.  One flew over us as we anchored yesterday in the Herb River and more were feeding when we left.  Tonight, this big gorgeous pinky was feeding across from where we anchored.  I am going to take it as a happy omen.

Just before bed we had a distant lighting show.  We buttoned everything up before we went to bed just in case it moves our way.

We plan to get closer to Brunswick tomorrow but we’re not going to push it.