St. Augustine, FL, 4/20/11

We left Port Canaveral on Monday morning and arrived at St. Augustine on Tuesday morning at about 9:00 AM.  It was high tide.  On the way up I caught a Spanish Mackerel.  We also say 3-5 bottle nose dolphin swimming at our bow and all around the boat for about 10 minutes.  They were having fun and we enjoyed seeing them up close.  One jumped about 3 feet into the air.  We also saw a big sea turtle on the way up.  The winds were only 6 to 10 knots out of the East.  We sailed about half way up.  The wind dropped to 5 knots, then we decided to motor and get to St. Augustine before low tide.  They have a 6 foot tide in St. Augustine right now.  We spent Tuesday and Wednesday in St. Augustine exploring the town and seeing many of the sites.  We also took a kayak tour on the river in town. Tomorrow morning we plan to go about 5 miles off shore, then head North to St. Simons Island in Georgia.  It should take us about 24 hours.

                             The girls planning Amber's baby gift registry.

                                               The Spanish mackerel

One of the buildings in St. Augustine

                            This shows the low tide on the river in St. Augustine

                               The fort in St. Augustine from the water. 

                                  Erin flirting with the town sheriff

                      This is what happened to me when I tried to break them up