Free Dockage and Krispy Kremes

5/3-5/4 - We’ve stayed at Thunderbolt Marina the last 2 times we passed through the area and had planned to do so again, but what cinched the deal was the fact we had free dockage. Yup, at the MTOA Rendezvous we’d won a free night’s dockage at Thunderbolt. This is a huge marine center that specializes in big boats – well, make that huge boats. They have a big marine facility and yard that works on mega yachts. However, they also have a marina and there are lots of smaller boats (like ours) that dock for a night or two. It’s fairly easy to get to Savannah from here, but we’d done that this past fall, so we were content with just passing the time in Thunderbolt. They have a terrific restaurant and bar – Tubby’s, and we spent the better part of one afternoon and early evening just sitting on the porch in rocking chairs people watching …. well, along with a few drinks and then dinner.

We also managed to get a few chores done while we were here. Gerry installed a new shower sump pump and rebuilt the holding tank vent filter. Linda did the usual stuff like laundry and boat cleaning. We also arranged with the marina to have one of our air conditioning units serviced. On a couple of the recent “warm” days we’d tried running the unit and kept getting “error” messages. He was able to fix it with a minimum of trouble and, even better, a minimum of cost.

After a couple of days, we were ready to move on so we released the lines and said good-bye to Georgia.

Monk's Vineyard at the dock at Thunderbolt Marina



The view from marina



Grounds at the marina

View of the ICW while walking into town

Tree-lined street

We ate at Tubby's



They have tubs at Tubby's



Another tub



They have a huge front porch where one can rock while
eating and drinking -- Gerry was certainly happy

When we woke up this morning it was chilly -- 55 degrees
coldest we've had since last December

An added bonus -- newspaper and Krispy Kremes,
courtesy of the marina