On the move again (by Jim)

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Tow Boat US to the rescue

One of Paula's dolphins chasing the boat

St Augustine lighthouse

One of Paula's eagles having lunch

We left Titusville on Monday, October 4th, after about a 4 month stay and headed north. Our destination at this time was St Marys, Ga. We spent our first night anchored behind our friends Jim and Judy's condo in Daytona Beach. We took the dink over to their condo and spent a great evening eating lobster and chatting. Jim does a lot of off shore diving and has a freezer packed with lobster, grouper and about everything you can imagine!

We left the next morning heading for a mooring in St Augustine, Fl. We spent the day fighting a 25 to 30 mph wind right on the nose. After Jim docked at the Municiple Marina and picked up our mooring assignment Paula piloted us through the mooring field to our mooring and did a great job of holding the boat up to the mooring so Jim could grab it. The wind was scheduled to drop off over the next couple of days so we decided to spend an extra night on the mooring and dinked into town for the day.

We left St Augustine on Thursday, Oct 7th at 7:30 am with beautiful weather. Paula saw her fifth Bald Eagle of the trip. When we crossed the St Johns River in Jacksonville, Fl, we started traveling in a "new to us" territory. Beautiful tall pine forest, huge areas of salt marsh, and so many creeks, oxbows and channels it is hard to tell where you are supposed to be going.

And then while running in 20 ft of water, within sight of Langs Marina (where we have reservations) we hit a sand bar just off the center of the channel. 30 minutes later Tow Boat US had us off and traveling again.

The weather has been fantastic. The people are extremely friendly. Lots of good places to eat. Unfortunately there are at least 3 ice cream places within a block of the marina. Not to mention home made candy, cookies, pastries, cake and everything else we should not be eating!

More updates to come . . .