April 19, 2015 Day 149 South for Winter
Palm
Cove MarinaJacksonville Beach, FL
We
left Daytona Beach at 0800 Saturday and headed north again on the ICW. We had one
bridge to time for an opening and since it was just past our marina, we were in
perfect timing for it. The other low bridges opened on request, so that was
good also.
Even
though we were traveling on Saturday, the boat traffic was lighter than
expected. We also had very calm water.
Shortly
before we reached St. Augustine, we heard S/V Salt Shaker on the radio and immediately knew this boat! We bought Carried Away from her owners. It is amazing
that we have seen them on the water three times since we began cruising!
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| At anchor, Mile 769 watching the storm approach |
We
left our anchorage at 0800 Sunday and once again continued north. We had a much
shorter day, only 3 hours to reach our destination of Palm Cove Marina in
Jacksonville Beach. Rick and Margi (Journey)
had stopped there for fuel, so after we got tied up we visited with them for a
while. An hour later, Janet and Bob (Harmony)
also arrived for fuel and we visited with them! They are both going farther
today. After our visit, we returned to the boat to discover that Gwen and
Walter on Salt Shaker had left their
card. We did not realize they had stopped here too! We went over to visit them
on their 42’ Island Packet, a lovely sailboat. They were just returning from a
winter in the Bahamas. We had a nice time catching up with them!
We
returned to Carried Away in time to
close windows before another storm arrived. We have had storms almost daily for
over a week. We had a light dinner onboard and then did some reading for a
quiet evening.
We
will stay here for a few days. Joyce has a doctor’s appointment and Bill will
see a dentist. We have several provisioning errands to run also.
