At one point we passed a submarine. In front of it and following it were military boats with machine guns mounted on the rails. Several militia men stood on deck with rifles or maybe now the guns are laser or something. Several coast guard boats accompanied them. All we know for sure is that when we went out to take pictures, one of the boats veered away from the submarine and came closer to our boat indicating no pictures. You don't argue with those who have guns. This is the best picture I could get.
One of the places that we had not visited on the way down was Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island. We stayed at a mooring ball at the Municipal Marina. $15.00 included a pump-out, showers, use of dinghy dock and garbage disposal. All six of quickly went ashore and walked around the historic part of the city. This is the second oldest city in Florida and has had eight different flags fly over it, even more than St. Augustine- French, Spanish(twice) British, Mexican, a Scottish Family flag, Confederate and American It even has the oldest saloon in Florida and they are very proud of that fact. 
Bed and breakfasts flourish in an older historical city and we saw many beautiful stately homes in Fernandina Beach who offer their hospitality to tourists....for a price, of course. Whenever we are in a new city we take a city tour either by bus or horse drawn carriage etc. In Fernandina Beach the tour was on Polly the Trolley and there she is in the background.
Although on the tour we saw much of what we had seen on our walk, we also learned about the town's history and visited the Old Town.
Here the pirates kept their boats and their ladies. At one time there were 30 brothels side by side and the street was and is called Ladies St. 
The price of property is climbing and most of the homes need extensive renovations. Fishing used to be a major industry but now the number of commercial fishermen has dwindled due to lack of fish and the high price of fuel. Below is a picture taken about 100 years ago.
Don't you think think this is taking the love of boating too far!That night we had our last dinner with Just Imagine and Robin blew his last conch as we enjoyed the setting sun.
When we got to Georgia, we treated ourselves to a dock at Brunswick Landing Marina to say goodbye to Just Imagine because that is where Robin and Cheryl were going to leave their boat while they visited with family in Atlanta. The marina was $1.50/ft. and it had the nicest facilities of ANY marina we have been in-a fantastically furnished lounge at both ends of the docks with luxurious showers, laundry, free coffee, phone and many, many books & magazines. Everything was spotless and the staff was great. I think that it was so nice because a woman runs it! Ha Ha!
Laundry is free and I washed all the bedding and blankets etc. If I had known I would not have bothered to do any laundry at Harbour Town Marina. In the Bahamas laundry is very expensive averaging $3.00/wash and $3-6 for drying as the dryers are on propane which is costly and not always available.
Roman and I went fishing and caught of all things, a shark! Now if you believe that, we have some swamp land to sell you in the Florida Everglades. It's a bargain!
Roman and I went fishing and caught of all things, a shark! Now if you believe that, we have some swamp land to sell you in the Florida Everglades. It's a bargain! We went out to a really enjoyable pizzeria for dinner where I lost my Lakeshore Yacht Club hat but didn’t realize it until we were under way. The next morning we walked to the weekly farmers’ market held on Saturdays. Great fresh produce! We stocked up and filled our little fridge to overflowing. Check-out at the marina was “whenever you want”. We left just after noon but could have left even later.
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