- 37.1 miles
- 4 hours 26 minutes
- 8.4 mph average speed
- 5-10 mph winds
We had not stopped in Savannah on our first time around and decided to stay just outside Savannah at Isle of Hope this time. We were excited to see that our friends, Caroline and Todd, from Sunset Dreams were docked there although we were only able to have a brief conversation with them as their daughter was graduating from SCAD that weekend and then they were heading back to St. Petersburg. Besides Darci and Steve, who started our incredible journey with us, Caroline and Todd are the Loopers we have known the longest as we first met them in January, 2022 in Key West and ran into them many times along the Loop.
We visited the tabby ruins of Wormsloe Plantation, the colonial estate of Noble Jones (1702-1775). We first learned about Nobel Jones during our visit to Fort Frederica in St. Simons, GA. He arrived in GA in 1733 with James Oglethorpe and established the colony at Fort Frederica among many other accomplishments. We thoroughly enjoyed walking around the beautiful nature trails and visiting before reaching Colonial Life Area.
The marina had two loaner cars so we were able to drive to Savannah where we visited River Street and enjoyed tasty beignets from Huey’s and rode the Hop On Hop Off Trolly around the city. We enjoyed seeing the Mercer-Williams house made famous in the novel “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”. Once we left Savannah and began cruising to Beaufort, SC, we listed to the audible version of the book since Kevin had not read the book and we had seen so many of the places mentioned in the book.
