St. Augustine and Beyond

Friday 4/8/11    We pulled anchor and rejoined the northward migration of boats heading out of Daytona. Somewhere near Palm Coast, Fl. Pam decided to get online and check our credit card statement. "When did you go to California" she asked me. Seems we had charges at a gas station 3 times, a McDonald's once, and a Western Union charge on our card. That's all it took. Pit Bull Pam was on the phone getting it straightened out. By the next day we had new cards delivered to the marina in St. Augustine.

What's This?

With a crisis averted we rolled into St. Augustine Municipal Marina in the heart of downtown.

For the next day and a half we explored St. Augustine as well as changing the sea water impellers on the main engines of Tourist.

Pam at the old city gates.

Oldest School.

Pam & Ponce

One of the many restored buildings.

One we didn't go in!

St. Augustine is one of the oldest cities in the states. One that shouldn't be missed. We finished off our 2 night stay with a great dinner at O. C White's. Just across the street from the marina.

Sunday we continued on to our last stop in Florida. Fernandina. We tied off to a mooring ball across from the marina and went in to walk the streets. Pam and I aren't big shoppers but it's fun to look at the different types of shops that make up a tourist town. Fernandina has done a good job of restoring the downtown area. Of course we had to stop in the oldest continuous operating bar in Florida, the Palace Saloon.

 Pam found a Pirate outside the bar.

Once again we had another great meal at Pablo's Mexican restaurant in Fernandina.

Our view as we dinghied back to Tourist.

Monday 4/11/11 found us saying so long to Florida. Time to put that chart book away for awhile.

Until next year.

Our travels took us past the Kings Bay Submarine base before we split off onto the ICW again. We were hoping to see a sub coming or going but it wasn't to be.

Kings Bay Naval Base.

Not long after passing the base we crossed St. Andrews Sound before arriving at Jekyll Island. While crossing the sound we ran through thousands of jelly fish. Not a good place to go swimming.

Really. There were thousands! They must be camera shy.

Our reason for stopping at Jekyll Island was two fold. One was free loaner bikes to explore the island. Two was to hook up to cable so we didn't miss Dancing With the Stars! We enjoyed our ride around the island and even were able to pick up some half and half for Pam.

A scene from the south.

The Jekyll Island Club.