Yesterday we finally got a chance to hang out with our good friends Brett and Jen who live in Hilton Head. Unfortunately, we weren’t in Hilton Head, but still in Fernandina.
For the last several days we’ve been trying to go north while a stalled front, severe thunderstorms and strong northeast winds have combined to keep us here. After many plans that were made, broken, revised, or delayed, Brett and Jen decided to hop in their car and meet us down here on Brett’s day off.
The rain was still hanging around and threatening throughout the day, but we still were able to walk through town, eat some local seafood, take a driving tour of Old Town Fernandina, and hang out on Joint Venture for the afternoon. Most importantly, we got a chance to talk about where we’ve “been” and where we’re “going.” Brett was my roommate at Ohio University and we haven’t had a chance to get together for a few years, but like it should be between old friends, it felt like we’d never parted. We laughed about the last time they were onboard JV, when seven (yes, seven) of us spent a long weekend sailing and crabbing on the Chesapeake.
It is great to see old friends on our journey, and we hope that they are able to join us for a future portion of it. (Somewhere in the sunny Caribbean perhaps?) I also imagine that we may end up bringing Joint Venture into Hilton Head for a couple weeks sometime in the near future.
This morning the weather forecast actually improved. As soon as the wind clocks a little further to the south we’ll be heading offshore and turning north. Since we don’t have a Spot, I’ll try to make regular posts via the satellite phone that include our position.
We has such a great time. It was fun to mess around a little in Fernandina and to spend time with you guys on the boat. We are already excited to see you again. There will always be a place in HHI for you both if you get back this way.
We only wish the visit could have been longer. Save up that vacation and find a dog-sitter, I see the Caribbean in our future.