Alligator Creek

Alligator Creek
N 30 34.48 W 081 28.32

Well we're on the move again, even if we didn't get on the outside. Winds today were northerly and light, making it uninteresting to go outside. We have hope thought that in the next few days, conditions might become better.

We're anchored in Alligator Creek, just south of Fernandina Beach. This is one of my favorite anchorages. Two years ago I anchored here along for a whole week waiting for Libby to fly down to join me. We also stopped here once or twice last year. It is in a cutoff near the ICW. It is surrounded by salt marshes in all directions. The tide and tidal currents here are strong so the water is flushed regularly. Fish and dolphins are plentiful here. What a nice place.

There is an ominous black cloud that extends from the north, and ends just over our heads. It is not moving. No, it is not a thunderstorm. We believe it to be the smoke cloud from that big wildfire in Georgia. We may be living with that cloud for the next few days. It doesn't smell like smoke down here on the water. At least, not yet. The sun set tonight behind the smoke cloud and the red hues were beautiful.