WE FOUND FLORIDA!!!! BUT…

Coordinates: 30degrees 33N, 81degrees 27W

It appears we have traveled south 8 degrees and about 50 degrees east.  Where are we?  mm 726 on the ICW off of Amelia Island just north of Jacksonville.  50 miles to St. Augustine.  It seems once we get going and the weather is gorgeous we just want to keep going.

(Wild horses on Cumberland Island, GA)

 

 

If you remember, I once said we might get Florida charts.  We were told you can download them on the computer and JB said he did.  But about 10 miles back his computer lost its GPS, charts, the works.  We were off the paper charts.  Our cell phones stopped working.  All we could do was follow the markers.  After being a bit spoiled it was eerie.  This is when we started cutting up and making jokes out of the situation.  What else could we do? 

(Ft. Clinch on the north tip of Amelia Island, Fl)

We had two trawlers following us all day.  After going about 6 miles without charts or Garmin the trawler behind us hailed us on the radio and told us we made the day very easy for him.  Ha, Ha, Ha!  He asked where we were staying the night.  When we told him Alligator River, he said he was staying there too.  At that point, JB told me, “It’s like the blind leading the blind”.  The trawler is from Cape Canaveral, Fl but spent a month at Olverson’s Marina.

JB is now working on his computer and trying to get everything working again . . . . . . . .

I knew he could do it!  It only took about 30 minutes and he has everything fixed.  That’s my guy!!!  His comment after looking at the chart for tomorrow, “Oh, great. There’s a passage that would put Georgia to shame!”

We have had quite a trip in the last 15 days.  Tomorrow we will arrive at St Augustine and stay there until Tuesday.  As of Tuesday we will be at the Daytona Loggerhead Club and Marina for a week.  Then it will be to Stuart for the winter, or at least until our bank account recovers! :-)  

 

JB IN FLORIDA!                                           JAN IN FLORIDA!

We were thinking about continuing this blog until we get to Stuart around Dec. 1 or 2.  How does that sound to you?  Thank you so very much for reading and participating in our journey.  We hope it was fun for you too.