Kilkenny, GA

I’m composing this post in Word on Saturday night, and you are reading it a day later, because the Kilkenny Marina has no Internet AND no cell phone service.  I can’t even use my phone as a hot spot.  Amazing that they have diesel and electric power.  At least we have heat and light.

This is the ONLY marina in this empty part of the world. One-third of the way through Georgia.  At least I can pick up a good Top-40 station from Savannah.  Listening to Billie Eilish!  

No Netflix tonight, though.  Not that it matters… I’m pissed off at all the series that I’m watching, anyway.  Lucifer, Virgin River, Peaky Blinders., etc.  They’re all formulaic: keep the handsome male lead and the adorable female lead from hooking up, or the series is over.  Come on… let ‘em get it on!  I need those vicarious thrills.

Time for a DVD.  Fortunately, I brought 12 of my favorite movies and 12 of my favorite CDs for just such an eventuality.  Maybe Buckaroo Banzai!

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Today’s trip was very cold and very wet – it rained ALL DAY…finally let up around 3PM.  The windshield wipers were on high speed all day.  The sailboaters we passed looked miserable – bundled up in foul weather gear, exposed to the miserable weather.  

It was the first day I had to wear a squall jacket in several weeks.  Even though we have an enclosed bridge.  It was, however, a good day to travel.  Very few boats were moving, and the seas were flat, as often happens when it rains.  We made good time.

Which is pretty funny, because it’s like we made great time to get to NOWHERE.  There is nothing around here but swamps, three forlorn trailers, and a restaurant on the banks of the creek.  I am listening alertly for ominous banjo music when I walk Guinness.

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Tomorrow promises to be rainy but warmer, and we are GOING!  The boat is running perfectly, and I have the bit in my teeth.  

Tomorrow: Brunswick GA, and – if all goes well – the next day we are in Jacksonville Beach!

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As I was writing this, I realized that Guinness was being very quiet.  I found him sleeping in the berth, cuddled into my pillow.  This is very cute except for the fact that he was soaking wet from his walk.  Looks like I’ll be sleeping in a soggy bunk tonight.  Yuck!  Oh well…

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Postscript:

To say that the restaurant was surprisingly good would be an understatement.  I ordered the whole flounder, deep-fried with a ginger-forward sweet-and-sour glaze, crispy outside and tender inside.  Black-eyed peas and rice cooked perfectly, their bowl lightly sauced with a delicious gravy.  For dessert a sweet cornbread cake with vanilla ice cream.  And all of it home made!  Wow!

As a bonus, by the time we settled down with Buckaroo Banzai, the heater had dried the berth.  Ahhh.

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BTW, we are safely tied up in Brunswick, GA, but somethings wrong with the boat. More on that tomorrow… I am going to have the yard check it out.