May 6, 2014

Up early and moving. First it was a quick fill and empty at the fuel dock, fill up on fuel and empty the holding tank. Then back to the ICW and more motoring northward. What little breeze there was, happened to be right on the nose, so no sailing again.

We fought tidal current most of the morning, got a little assist for a while and then fought more current as we passed another ocean inlet. Weather was bright, warm and sunny.

We arrived at St Augustine and had to wait about 20 minutes for a bridge opening. We passed through the bridge and picked up a mooring ball in the San Marcos (north) mooring field just in time for cocktail hour.

Start: 0740

Stop: 1640
Location: St. Augustine
Distance Traveled: 62 miles

This greeted us just before the Bridge of Lions.

May 5, 2014

We decided we like this place despite there being no “free” Wifi. I managed to get my phone to work as an Internet connection, so we will survive! I’ve got every electronic device, computer, phone, Kindle, and house batteries topping off. Civilization, good or bad, we are connected.

Bottom line, we’re going to stay another day/night. We plan to wash the boat, check the battery water levels and do other housekeeping chores. If we are still energetic enough this evening we may look for a Cinco de Mayo event to visit.

Turns out there was not much Cinco de May happening close by the marina. We walked to the post office to mail Mother’s Day cards and stopped for a pizza on the way back to boat. Then we tackled washing the boat and doing some laundry. After that it was showers and lights out. This boating life is so exhausting!

 

Location: Halifax Harbor, Daytona FL