The primary concern for the evening anchorage was to be able to get an NBC television station so we could watch Sunday Night Football, the Vikings vs. the Packers. We pulled out of Bull Creek at 8:30 am and headed out to Turner Creek where we planned to anchor near Hogan’s Marina. Hogan’s is located adjacent to a Publix grocery store and we were in need of some provisions. Todd and Brenda were bound for Isle of Hope Marina, about five miles further down the way, and were going to stay one night there. We told them we’d probably see them next at the Blackbeard anchorage next weekend.
On our way, we passed the famous cemetery in Savannah where some scenes in the movie, “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” were filmed. About that time, the skies were beginning to look very dark inland and we thought we might get caught in a thunderstorm.
We avoided the storms and arrived at Turner Creek shortly after noon to find good holding near Hogan’s Marina. The only problem was we were swarmed by no-seeums. We could tell that it was not going to be fun at all, so we pulled up anchor and left the creek to anchor out in the wider Wilmington River where we were in a much more open area. We even had a bit of a breeze which helped to keep the pests away. The skies were still looking a bit “iffy,” so we chose to forget about provisioning for another day and just relaxed on the boat.
Our team didn’t win the game. We were counting on Brett Favre to take the Vikings through to another victory against their Packer rivals, but it wasn’t to be. The Vikings lost, 24-28.
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