Day #266 - St. Augustine, FL
April 23rd, 2009Good News and Headquarters pulled out of Daytona/Halifax Marina at 8:00 as planned. They have quite a different procedure for returning their gate key. An attendant comes out to the fuel dock and passes a long net to your boat and hopefully you place it in. Glad to report…mission accomplished.
The day was predicted to be sunny and 83. Fog and haze filled the air this morning as we left and the sun is struggling to come out.
The ICW is very narrow in this stretch and shallow. The houses on the eastern shore are very close to the channel.
By 10:00 the fog has lifted and the sun is shining through. The vegetation has changes considerably as we progress further north.
Today we pass under several bridges, however only one requires that we wait for an opening (thanks Deb).
Of course, we never tire of the dolphin shows. We’re not sure how much further north the dolphins will travel with us, but we enjoy seeing them every time. This one was particularly entertaining.
The terrain has changed and there is much more evidence of sandy banks, they look like small dunes.
And something else we haven’t see in quite some time…barges.
At one point, near Mantanzas Island, the ICW passes so close to the ocean, it is visible in the distance.
We arrived in St. Augustine 5.75 hours and 53 miles after we left. Glad to be here. Time to go exploring!
