Savannah, Georgia.

We motored up the Savannah River inland for about 15 miles and tied up alongside the city quay in Savannah town, which was very convenient.

We found a great bar/restaurant right on the quay, with a great view of the harbour and the boat.

They even let me watch a Wimbledon match there, but I had to have a glass of wine too! Oh life is hard!

The buildings and streets here in Savannah are beautiful. The town was originally designed around parks and this has not been changed. There is always a shady side of the street to walk down, and in the heat of the day, that's important.

Here we are sitting on Forest Gump's park bench, or one very similar!!

The locals are very proud of the fact that the movie was made here but there seemed to be a bit of discussion about which park and which bench, but this one will do for the photo!!

We later went to the Museum and they claim to have the bench too!

Florida and north.

Florida is different each time we turn a corner, from the basic fishing villages to the ultra-smart villages.

Strolling along the street in Palm Beach, beautiful smart shops, but sadly, at this time of year, all rather quiet. Great to see where the rich and famous spend their time and money though.

At the dingy dock in Fernandina Beach, Daryl and friends get some local advise from Captain Mark. He later gave us a lift to the local supermarket to buy provisions, wonderful hospitality.

Heading north and the land of Forest Gump and the shrimp fisherman. These large fishing vessels trawl the shallow waters near the entrances to harbours and hoover up, what must be massive amounts of shrimp. Here is one that we followed yesterday and there were pelicans, seagulls and dolphins all chasing the boat for scraps!!

We visited the Carnegie Mansion on Cumberland Island.

The place burned down in 1959. but it is still looks magnificent as a ruin.

There are wild horses everywhere and a huge number of park rangers keeping an eye on our every move!!

Following our friends Annie and Liam on the Chincogan "Gone with the Wind' through one of the opening bridges on our way to the marina.

The bridges on the Inter-Coastal Water Way (known as the ICW) open every half an hour on request. It is possible to spend weeks going up the inside of the coast and not go to sea at all. But it is a very slow way of heading north, waiting for all those bridges.

Safely tucked up in the Las Olas City Marina, just under one of the opening bridges.

Fortunately there is not much traffic at night and it is surprisingly quiet in the evenings.

A bit of a culture

shock here!

Just over a week ago we were having trouble finding a restaurant or a supermarket and now we are in the city needing a navigation device in the rental car to steer us to the right address.

We have had some great fresh seafood, but the portions are enormous and often one meal is enough for the two of us.

Made a stop at Blue Water Bookshop to buy charts and pilot books for the east coast of the States.

We ordered two paper charts and I was impressed when the chap prints them out for us on a huge printing machine, oh the wonders of modern science!

An impromptu quay party.

Daryl went over to get some help loading some charts onto his new Ipad

(he can't resist buying all the latest technology!), and it turned into a party! Excellent!

More fun in the Exumas

Daryl and I diving on a plane wreck. Some of these islands in the Exumas were famous for drug smuggling in years gone by and there are quite a few planes that crashed around here, some of them making excellent dive sites.

The bakery at Black Point was this lady's kitchen, and we could choose from the selection on her table.

Multi-tasking here!

Flying the spinnaker, drying the laundry and drinking a coffee!

Having sundowners with friends in front of a beach fire is wonderful.

Motoring into Ft.Lauderdale, it will be good to have a little civilization for a change. We are looking forward to some good food ashore, and of course a bit of retail therapy too!

We shall be able to get some boat jobs done here, before we head further north.

What an amazing place this is, the smarter houses all have quays and you can park your yacht at the end of your garden. There are thousands of these houses here. The city is a network of canals, with opening bridges. I have never seen so many yachts anywhere.