After spending the month of April ashore in Jensen Beach we are back on the water and heading north. We had a great stay, Kate and Alli came down together for a week after Easter, It was good to have the family together, we took a couple of daysails and spent time at the beaches. The weather has been great with most days in the lo to mid 80’s and only a couple of days that got uncomfortably warm.
We left for this leg of our journey Monday morning and have had 3 perfect sailing days, yesterday(Thurs) the only day we spent under power. With blue skies, temps in mid 80’s and winds southerly at 10-15 kts we have covered 220 miles mainly under sail. This portion of the ICW is quite scenic with mainly wide open waters(even if most are only a few feet deep) and much deserted shoreline. Birds abound, Tuesday evening we anchored in a deserted cove and were entertained by a family of young osprey learning to fly. Wednesday as we passed thru the Haulover Canal (a short cut thru Merrit Island near the Kennedy Space Center) we saw 2 large alligators, a huge Manatee, and a group of Dolphins all within a 500 ft stretch. Didn’t get any pictures though as we were passing thru a drawbridge and couldn’t stop. A little further on we had a manta ray leap in the air close by.
We are currently anchored in St. Augistine where we plan on a couple days playing tourist. today we are meeting one of Chris' college roomates for lunch.
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