Jekyll Island - the rains finally stop

 

Zachry’s Riverhouse Restaurant has a swimming pool right off the porch - free for those docked

We saw the sun this afternoon for the first time in three days. It was not a good time to head south but since we don’t plan on leaving until Sunday with full sunshine, that’s fine with us. So what do you do when it’s raining outside - clean house of course, ugh. It wasn’t on my list of things I wanted to do but it needed doing, oh well. 

We are far, far ahead of the fall migration. Jekyll Island Marina is mostly empty of transients

With all the rain, I didn’t get to further debug the SeaTalk1 network, maybe tomorrow. It involves making yourself small and getting down into the aft starboard locker where the autopilot is located. I’ll have to practice my yoga to curl up small enough. I’ll jiggle a few wires with calls of “is it working yet?” to Ann in the cockpit. Wish me luck, I’ll need it.

What blog would be complete without a photo of my boat?! They have nice slips here.

I updated a survey of dockage prices that I had done for 2022 and, guess what, almost every marina raised prices over the summer with the average price increase being 19%. They are not falling behind in keep ahead of inflation. Our slip in Titusville for the winter is looking more and more attractive! Key West is out of sight. Just getting there is much more expensive than last year. However, I can imagine every boater of the last 50 years must have made the same complaint at one time or another, inflation never rests. If you can afford it, you do it, otherwise, sit in a rocking chair and watch the world go by - it’s much cheaper but has certain drawbacks.