We picked a nice sunny day with light winds to leave the marina and motorsail over to Cumberland Island for our first stop.
Cumberland Island was famous for the Carnegie family winter retreat mansion and community. It is now a State Park with primitive camping facilities. Only accessible via boat or ferry.
Great place for camping in April! I can't imagine being here in the summer.
Here's what the mansion looked like in its heyday. It burned down in 1959 and all that's left is some ruins and outbuildings.
Heading for the beach. The dunes are several hundred yards wide and there are no homes or structures along the shoreline. Just the natural beach.
Lots of dead horseshoe crabs and rays all along the beach, maybe from the strong storm we had last week. But, here's a live horseshoe - hope he can make it in the sun till the tide comes back in.
Not a crab but the real thing, wild horses that roam the island. Actually, not so wild, when Sue put out her hand they came wandering over to check out what she might have for them. Sorry boy and girls, nothing for you all.
Soon it was time to head back to Tides Inn and enjoy the sun and evening sunset. While we were anchored here IP370 Two for the Road from Smithfield, Va, came in and anchored to tour around. Funny how you meet fellow local sailors in far away places.
Tomorrow morning we set sail for Charleston. Should be a quick 24hour trip. We would like to get a little further north but there is a cold front coming in Sunday night so best to get off the ocean and not get too far north in a hurry. We'll enjoy some more of the Carolina warmth before pushing back to Yorktown.
