St Augustine has a large mooring field. we were assigned one of the balls in the next to last row to the south (left in the photo), a long dinghy ride to shore. After our two days on the ball (which provides shower access) we figured it was just as easy to anchor a couple hundred feet further south outside the mooring field.
There are plenty of places to walk in St Augustine and all 3 of us took advantage of getting off the boat and getting some exercise.
I nice walk is across the Lions Bridge over to the Lighthouse. Sue climbed to the top while I volunteered to watch Rivah, sitting on a park bench under the trees.
It just so happens that along the way to the lighthouse, there is a new brewery, Old Coast Ales, with a taco stand just next door. What a great spot.
Our nephew and his wife and son live in St Augustine and when we pass through we stop to visit with them. This time the weather was cooperating and we were able to go for a daysail in the St Augustine harbor. First you have to dinghy out from the marina to our anchorage outside the mooring field.
Crewe got instructions on the instruments and steering the boat. Later came the snacks from Grammie Sue's "snacklebox".
A daysail in the harbor means two passages through the Lions Bridge.
It was a great sailing day but soon time to dinghy our guests back to shore after a great visit.
The next day we walked around town and found this great patio area where we could drink our coffee and listen to a great jazz guitarist, standing there in the background.
That evening we were invited to watch Crewe at the BMX bike race track but, it was very cold and he had a bad cough so after one time around the track he was gasping for breath and ready to call it a night.
Instead of a bike race, we went out for dinner. Johnathan took us to the local Ford Motors hamburger joint, which was excellent.
After 4 days in St Augustine it was time to get on the road south again. With the current strong against us again, it was a two day trip to New Smyrna so we stopped in Daytona for diesel fuel, then motored across the channel and anchored for the night. It turned out our anchorage spot, off the ICW channel, was right along where the Daytona high school crew teams practice.
