Thanksgiving in St. Mary’s, Georgia

The friendly, welcoming atmosphere of St. Mary’s has drawn us back for the 3rd year in a row. The cruisers and towns people are like family and we look forward every year to our visit. In 2007 we had been invited by Sea Tramp (Lynn and Ann) to join them in St. Mary’s. This year they had been delayed by weather and may not make it. We offered assistance if we could make on time ourselves.

As we left the Georgia ICW behind and sailed into Kings Bay we heard a familiar voice on the vhf. Sea Tramp was just now pulling into a slip at Lang’s Marina. We had anticipated anchoring because we were so late but Ann was able to pull some strings and find us a place at the dock. It’s good to have friends in the right places. An hour later we were tied up and headed for the showers.

As usual Thanksgiving was great. We were joined by Dave and Joanne and his family. They were docked at Jekyll Island and drove over for the dinner. The people of St. Mary’s provided a great meal of turkeys and hams and the cruisers provided all the side dishes and desserts. Hats off to Lynn and Ann for their organization and a special thanks to the people of St. Mary’s for hosting this special event again this year.