Jekyll Island Marina - We celebrate Easter Sunday

 

Me and my French egg, yumm

We have a tradition of a French egg on Easter Sunday. It was handed down from Ann’s uncle who was a French Canadian. It consists of a soft fried egg in maple syrup. We only have it once a year on Easter. 

On Friday, I ordered a part for the forward head and four spark plugs for the outboard. According to the delivery schedule, the head parts were due to arrive the next day (Saturday) and the spark plugs on Easter Sunday to the marina. Amazon met both commitments. I was somewhat skeptical of the Sunday delivery but it was there in the marina office by 3:00 pm. You’ve got to love Amazon for boaters’ needs. 

Ann’s creation - Easter dinner on Fleetwing

Ann likes to do a spread for special occasions and Easter Sunday was one such special day. We had bought a ham and had the butcher cut it in half so it would fit in our Instant Pot with a recipe Ann found. It took all of 8 minutes to cook it with the high pressure setting and it turned out fine. Ann added sweet potatoes, asparagus, and sticky buns to the menu along with deviled eggs, of course. It was a fine meal. 

We are scheduled to leave Monday morning unless it’s raining - which is in the forecast - but the weatherman hasn’t been right yet. The marina here was dredged a couple of years ago and even at a drain tide of -0.8 feet, there’s still 7.5 feet of depth behind the boat. However, there’s only 4.5 feet in our slip (which is not the facedock, it’s a dock behind the facedock towards land). The tide at the time of our projected departure Monday morning will be 5 ft higher so we will be okay to get out. What they must have done is dredge the area behind the boats but not the docks themselves since they were occupied. 

Hopefully, the weather will be good and we can leave Monday morning for Crescent Rivers by way of Little Mud River.