At 7 am we left our anchorage at New Smyrna Beach. It took about 20 minutes to be out of the Ponce Inlet and on our way. After about an hour, the generator quit, but started again after a few minutes. This happened several times and then was fine the rest of the day. At 4:00 pm we entered the St. Augustine Inlet and had to wait for the 4:30 opening of the new Bridge of Lions because we were going under it to get fuel. It took five years to replace the old one. They had a temporary bridge last summer and fall when we were here, but now that is almost gone and the new one is finished.
At 4:30 we went under the bridge, got fuel and then had to wait until 5:30, as the bridge doesn’t open at the 5:00 rush hour traffic time.
Last year we were here from June 29 - July 4. The fireworks were set off in a barge right next to where we were anchored. This year, we’ll probably be in Minnesota for the 4th of July.
St. Augustine is the oldest city with continuous settlements in the USA. Last time we were here we saw all of the tourist attractions. Luckily it was much cooler here in 2009.
Click here to see our blog from last summer when we were here with good friends Alice and Gavin (
Salty Dawg). There are three entries for that visit. We were also here last fall and had to get a new sail sent to us because our jib ripped just before we got here. This time, our only trips ashore will be to take Daisy for a walk. We’ll be leaving early tomorrow morning for Fernandino Beach. between Cumberland Island and Amelia Island. That will be our last stop in Florida.
It is a few degrees cooler here than it was in New Smyrna Beach, but it’s still in the high 80’s and very humid. We ran the AC for three hours and that kept it cool enough to sleep during the night. It’s too muggy to open hatches to get fresh air.