Underway for Daytona. Rivah is enjoying the sunshine and warmth inside our enclosure. Its not quite warm Florida weather but the sun is out and all is good.
Anchored in the Halifax river in Daytona just off Halifax Harbor marina. A quick google search for nearby brewerys yielded the World's Most Famous Brewery on Daytona Beach. While the beach may be the World's Most Famous this small brewery was fairly run of the mill. We did have a good IPA and stout there.
We've anchored in this spot a couple times before and like before, we are right along the path the local rowing club practices each evening once the winds die down.
Daytona has some of the prettiest bridges along the ICW. Several of them have paintings and mosaics on the support pillars in addition to the night lighting.
The next morning we picked up our good friend Carol to ride with us down to New Smyrna. Its a great opportunity to see the waters from a different viewpoint than your walks along the shore.
The dolphins did not disappoint. On two occasions several dolphins came over and accompanied us playing alongside in the boat wake waves.
It wasn't long before we were approaching New Smyrna and the Ponce de Leon Inlet marked by their lighthouse along the shoreline. The ICW runs along a dredged canal west of the inlet where the shoaling is not as bad as the inlet river.
We pass through the Munson bridge at New Smyrna, avoiding the tug and barge coming through the other way, then anchor just around the bend.
Anchor down and a quick dinghy ride into town and time for a brew at the New Smyrna Beach brewery with Carol and Tara.
