Monday, December 19, 2016

Slowly Heading South

    I know it has been a long time since my last blog.  Honestly I was just lazy and there have been nothing really exciting going on. 

     So where have we been.  When we left Charleston we took a mooring ball at Beaufort City Marina for 1 night. Then on to Georgia where we stayed at Isle of Hope Marina in Savannah and Morningstar Marina in St. Simons Isle. Florida was next and we took a slip at a free dock outside of Jacksonville  That night we got to see a launch of a rocket  from Cape Canaveral. The next morning we made it to  St.Augustine where we spent 9 nights.   Here we saw the lovely historic town and got to see the Boat Parade.








 
    When we left St Augustine we had 6 nights to get to Titusvile Fl. which is only 100 nm away.  If we were not slowing down that would only take us 2 nights. We tried to anchor at Fort Mantanza but the wind and current made it too difficult so we ended up at Marineland Marina. That was a pleasant surprise because the ocean was across the street along with Marinland Dolphin Center.  We had a good time walking the beach and visiting with the dolphins. (sorry no pictures)

    We are now in New Smyrna Beach and leaving tomorrow for Titusville   We will stay in Titusville for a month.   We have rented a house in Orlando and our children, spouses, and granddaughter  will be coming down to spend Christmas all together,   I can't wait.  It has been a few years since I was able to get the whole gang together for Christmas.  This will be a great Christmas for us.

    So Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of the rest of our family that we will not see this year ( next year for sure) and to all of our friends.