Location: ICW mile 450
Dad and I prepared to leave quite early this morning. Only one other boat followed us out of the harbor. It was a cold start but it did warm up eventually. Today we were in more dense salt marshes, with firm ground on all sides of us in the distance, but there were still dolphins. They must like the muddy water here. I have to admit it crossed my mind that other creatures would like the muddy water here too, alligators. We haven't seen any yet but I'm keeping a watchful eye. We motor sailed for most of the day in the marshes, just with the jib but it was so nice to sail again. Throughout the morning we heard all manner of guns going off, the duck hunters were out at it again. Here they transformed their skiffs into camouflaged huts. I even spotted one or two decoy rubber duckies in the water. Needless to say duck hunting is a big deal down here. Eventually we pulled into a small creek off of the channel. We were the only boat there. The creek was so narrow that we weren't sure if the boat had enough room to swing. Dad was very nervous that we would wake up in the marsh high and dry. So we launched the dingy and set our second anchor. By that time we were exhausted. We didn't even bother hauling the dingy out, we just had a quick dinner and went straight to bed.
What we ate: grilled cheese & tomato soup
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