Kilkenney Creek

Saturday - (we're writing this on Sunday pretending it's Sat. night) - we arrive at Kilkenny Marina after a long day of winding creeks, crossing sounds, and generally having a difficult time navigation wise. I'm going to list the route we took - Exit from the East River, cross St. Simons Sound, onto Back River, to Mackay River, to Buttermilk Sound, cross Altamaha Sound, enter Little Mud River, go to North River, cross Doboy Sound, to Old Tea Kettle Creek, through the Creighton Narrows, onto Front River, across Sapelo Sound, onto Johnson Creek, into the North Newport River, across St. Catherine's Sound, into the Bear River to Kilkenny Creek. All that in 65 miles. We gave the GPS's, the charts, and the binoculars a real workout. We arrive at Kilkenney Creek Marina to find a dock along Kilkenny Creek. I try and hook up shore power but my board indicates "reverse polarity" - so no electricity. Except, in a stroke of genius, I remember an extension cord. We hook up to a 110 outlet on the dock and have instant power to run our fan/sound machine. We ran the refrigerator and the cabin lights off the batteries. This morning, Sunday, Linda went to the marina office and made coffee in their microwave. Yum!! The marina is actually a fishing camp. We were told it is "rustic." That's a pretty accurate word for it. However, there was a nice restaurant within short walking distance. The no-see-ums continue to show their presence. Nothing else to say about it. Maybe we'll post pictures in the next post. Ken Next stop Beaufort, SC

Hello from Linda. After the friendliness and cleanliness of Brunswick, GA- I was a little taken aback by Kilkenny Creek. It did have a BEAUTIFUL 300 year-old live oak dripping with Spanish moss, and it was quiet. There were no showers, so you know the "princess" was not happy! Anyway, I told the guy that works at the ship's store- "This is our first time to GA, we really like it". He had absolutley no response at all- not even a changed facial expression! We went to dinner and the next table over was a high school prom- with awkward boys in tuxes and young "Stepford wives- in-training" girls- with beauty queen make-up & hair. More tomorrow- we're running out of allotted wi-fi time. Love to all- and please keep the comments coming! Linda