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Its another early departure on a crisp sunny morning under a large high pressure system after the frontal passage.
Its another full day trip to Fernandina and this time we will have the current against us most of way.
The dredging is finished at Mantanzas Inlet so there are no difficult shallow spots to manage on this leg.
Arrived at Fernandina uneventfully and grabbed an anchorage spot just off the town marina. Another beautiful sunset from our anchorage.
So far all systems onboard have been working without any problems. Hope that keeps up. Our batteries even seem to be holding a charge better after the 36hr motoring trip over from the Bahamas.
Fernandina is a necessary stop as this is where we make all preps to go offshore from Mary's Inlet here up to either Charleston or Georgetown, South Carolina. The goal is always to skip the ICW through Georgia which is endless meandering through grassland marshes with lots of very shallow water.
At Fernandina we hit all our favorite spots like the Aloha Bagel shop for cheese and Jalapeno bagels.
Aloha Bagels now has decaf coffee but our favorite coffee spot in Fernandina is the Amelia Coffee Shop and park. Grab a coffee and update our tablets with their free wifi.
We also ate dinner at our favorite spot, Timoti's, where I normally get a shrimp seafood basket and Sue gets black bean salad. It was as great as always. Didn't get any photos this stop.
Normally we grab a beer at either Amelia Brewing or First Love, but this time we spied this German Biergarten right downtown. We checked the beer list and noted a grapefruit Hefeweizen which I had to try. It was superb. Now a new brewery on our must visit list at Fernandina. Even better, Sue got talking to the couple sitting next to us all about Rivah and Labs/dogs and they ended up buying our beers for us. What a great day (notice the clear blue sky as well). A very enjoyable visit as always in Fernandina.
