St. Augustine, Fl mm780

 

 

We traveled a leisurely 50 miles today down the ICW south of Jacksonville.  It was a lovely, sunny, warm day.  The only real challenge was going through Jacksonville the currents were so strong and so conflicting that it created turbulence for quite a ways.  Then, for some reason, the strong, conflicting currents under the bridges caused “Belle” to fish tail so much that there were times I feared we might meet up with the bridge.

 

Again, as most days since Wrightsville, NC, we saw dolphins, but they were too quick to capture on film.  More pelicans and seagulls lined the waterway.  Not many boats today, but the ones that passed us had no courtesy and sped pass causing tremendous wake.  Fortunately, we had everything safely stored down below.

 

 

We passed lovely homes with elaborate boat docks/porches.  This one made us think it looked like something Robert would have built. The house was equally as lovely with planters filled with red flowers, like Maggie would display.  We went by too fast for me to get a photo of it too.

 

 

 

Here’s a photo of my favorite house.  It was light pink with teal trim inside the white woodwork.  I like the porch too.  If it had a metal roof and was further south I’d be even more delighted.  Dream on. 

 

 

 

 

Can you believe these cars on the north side of the inlet???  Those waves are in the ocean!  The people are sitting in chairs fishing at the water’s edge inside the inlet!

 

 

 

 

I never saw the fort from the water before.  We will tour it tomorrow.  The last time I brought someone here the story was turned around so that the Spanish were the heroes and Americans left feeling bad for what their forefathers did.  Originally, Americans left feeling patriotic.

 

 

 

The St. Augustine City Marina only had mooring buoys available, so we are sitting out in the river.  We finally put our dinghy in the water so we can go to shore.  Just when we were beginning to think we didn’t need it!  Here is JB after paying for our mooring. 

This city is my favorite with its incredibly old history where it flip flopped between Spanish and English rule.  JB hasn’t been here, so I am so looking forward to sharing all that awaits with him.  We will share it with you tomorrow.