We have always talked about stopping at Marineland marina south of St Augustine but it's never worked out in previous trips. This trip we had the time and the winds and tide were good for stopping.
The main draw at Marineland is the ocean is directly across the road. Also it is next to the dolphin research and display center where you can watch dolphin shows and swim with the dolphins. Unfortunately, they have cut back on their days open and we were there on a Tuesday, a closed day.
The beach was very impressive. Mostly a sandy beach but there was one section of coquina rocks. Sue took Rivah over for a morning walk to watch the sunrise.
Tied up to the dock with no wind was a good opportunity for Sue to go up the mast to replace our auxiliary flag hoist line which had jammed on the spreader block. We will need this flag hoist in the Bahamas, first to hoist our quarantine flag when we arrive and then to fly the Bahamas courtesy flag while we are cruising in their waters.
A nice view of the marina approach from the ICW. We departed the next day at high tide for the short drive down to Daytona.
