Thanksgiving in St Mary's

Thanksgiving in St Mary's Georgia was an experience. Two years ago when coming south on the ICW we stayed at Fernandina Harbor Marina for thanksgiving and had 5 guests aboard. This year since we were moving the boat anyway we decided to try St Mary's. We arrived on Saturday and took a space at the face dock with a view of the harbor. We could watch all the boats coming and going. At a rate of .75 per foot per day it was the best bargain!

We dressed ship in the morning

Peter had to tie off the wind
generator so it would not
tear our flags!

The morning was busy. Jane made a sweet potato casserole...island style with rum and coconut milk. She then made a port wine cranberry sauce and Peter made his traditional trifle dessert. That took most of the morning. By 11AM we sat down to take a breather but ended up watching a mess in the harbor. The wind was blowing 25 and gusting to 30-35 against the outgoing tidal current. It created a maelstrom where the anchored boats were not laying to their anchor but bouncing around in all different directions. Some boats dragged anchor and many others simply moved to different locations because they were bouncing too close to other boats. This lasted a good part of the next 3-4 hours. There were probably many who did not leave their boat to come ashore for dinner.
We left our boat about 12:15 and quickly found a table spot then joined the line. We had all of our traditional foods available, just not really hot, but nice. We sat with the father and son, Mick and Tony, who are sailing their boat back to Australia. It turned out to be a lovely day but we did miss our family in New Hampshire.

Seaview Hotel who provides turkey and ham.

Yum! A feast for Thanksgiving!