A New Home for Elixir

Solemar departs for her new home

Our friends Steve and Benita sold their boat, Solemar, and moved on to other things besides boating.

The new owners took their boat south, to Florida.  With the departure of Solemar, we no longer had a reason to remain at Brunswick Landing Marina, and so once again we searched for a change of scenery.

You want us to go where?

We found that change in Hidden Harbor Marina, on the north side of Brunswick.  It is a smaller, more economical marina and surrounded by nature.  It is quiet, with only a handful of boats.  And as a bonus, it is right on the ICW!

On the day scheduled for our move, the wind was beginning to pick up, but not enough to stop us, and so we pulled out.

Before we even left the channel and entered the river, we ran into a dredge operation.  We almost literally ran into it!  Their boom was pretty much across the whole channel!  We came to a stop trying to decide which way to go, when the captain came over the VHF and told us to go between him and the dock.  The problem I pointed out to him, was that he was against the dock!  No worries he said, he would be out of the way by the time I got there.  Taking him at his word, I gunned the engine and proceeded towards the river.  True to his word, he got out of my way just in time for me to squeeze between him and the dock!

Ahh - this is the life!

An hour and a half later, we arrived at Hidden Harbor Marina.  We tied up with no hitches and settled in to our new home.  That night, we were treated to a beautiful full moon rising over the marsh!

No more dangling my feet in the water!

The next day we were treated to a display of nature.  We saw a plethora of egrets and herons.  Fish jumped from the water throughout the day and made us wonder if they were running from something or trying to catch something.  A dolphin swam buy and one very large alligator made his way along the side of our boat!  I think I'm going to like this place!