May 15th- Jekyll Island to Crescent River, GA

Today we crossed through the shallowest part of the Georgia ICW. Second time around is far less drama. I timed the Little Mud River with a rising tide.

At some point in Florida we passed from mangroves to tidal grasslands. The marshes of the South are spectacular. We noticed that the grass is shorter and greener than the fall. In addition to the different land scape we are back in the tea colored ICW water.

Georgia tidal marsh.

To go along with the new landscape we have a new bug. The yellow fly (Diachlora ferrugatus Fabricius). To quote the entomology website, “The yellow fly is a fierce biter”. Luckily lemon eucalyptus bug spray seems to keep them off of us. We spent many hours improving our fly swatting skills. They are big so the boat screens have no problem keeping them out.

Tonight’s anchorage is on the Crescent River. We located (using the Bob book) a small island for Ollie’s evening commando raid.

Not many Palm trees around.

Catalpa anchored on the Crescent River.