More from saint augustine

This really is the. "0ldest city". Every where you look there are great pictures just asking to be taken. It's really cool to see these historical markers talking about this building or that street dating back to the 1500's! It's the closest thing to going to Europe ! Below are some more pics

We leave here tomorrow




Lighter museum






Hotel ponce de Leon





-Town square






Beautiful old town corner





Another shot of the Square




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Beryl begone

Well we sailed into a almost hurricane, Beryl. Left the boat on a mooring ball and took a motel room. Luckily the boat was fine and we will get back our trek up to the Chessepeake.

We prepared the boat by taking off everything we could. See below




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Saint Augustine

Had some challenges getting here from Daytona, we ran aground and that caused us to arrive at the mooring field after dark which due to the wind(20mph) and the current(5 knts) caused us to take a slip.

This morning during slack tide we moved to a mooring ball.

We got our bikes to the marina and started sight seeing. We really like this town, lots of charm. It's the oldest town in America. Pics below




Above Anita sitting on the ramparts of the Castillo that guards the city, that's the mooring field behind her, that's where our boat is moored.




Anita in front of the fort






-One of the guides at the fort







Above is shot looking down into the center courtyard of the fort




Pic of the gun deck of the fort




Shot from inside the fort!





Here is the view looking back toward the mooring field and the bridge of lions







Anita in front of a cool monument in old town st augustine




This is a shot looking down into what used to be the world largest swimming pool, it's located in the Lightner museum, which used to be one of the hotels Henry Flagner built back in the early 1900's






Just another cool building in old town

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Saint Augustine

Had some challenges getting here from Daytona, we ran aground and that caused us to arrive at the mooring field after dark which due to the wind(20mph) and the current(5 knts) caused us to take a slip.

This morning during slack tide we moved to a mooring ball.

We got our bikes to the marina and started sight seeing. We really like this town, lots of charm. It's the oldest town in America. Pics below




Above Anita sitting on the ramparts of the Castillo that guards the city, that's the mooring field behind her, that's where our boat is moored.




Anita in front of the fort






-One of the guides at the fort







Above is shot looking down into the center courtyard of the fort




Pic of the gun deck of the fort




Shot from inside the fort!





Here is the view looking back toward the mooring field and the bridge of lions







Anita in front of a cool monument in old town st augustine




This is a shot looking down into what used to be the world largest swimming pool, it's located in the Lightner museum, which used to be one of the hotels Henry Flagner built back in the early 1900's






Just another cool building in old town

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Titusville

Well we are in Titusville on a mooring ball at the municipal marina. We can sit in the cockpit and see the Kennedy spa center ! And early tomorrow morning the are having a space shot! Wow should be spectacular . Below are some shots from the trip from fr pierce. We spent the night on the way up at a anchorage called dragon point!






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Examples of the many bridges on the way to Titusville. The intercoastal travels the Indian river.





Above is the memorial park recognizing the mercury astronauts. In the background across the river is kennedy space center.





Another park in Titusville this one honoring the space shuttle program!


Above is a shot from the intracoastal looking east, this was a thunderstorm in the Bahamas about 70 miles away at this point!

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North palm to Fort Pierce

Left at first light from old port cove, had our first taste of Florida ICW today. Great trip, 6 bascule bridges, 3 fixed. Took us seven easy hours. Some pics below




We buddy boated with friends drew and stephanie on La Vita, here they are waiting with us for our first bridge opening at 7:15am
Just out of old port cove





- light house at port saint lucie inlet







Fixed bridge at Hutchinson island






Just another bascule bridge, Florida must have hundreds of these things


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More Miami Pictures

Anita in front of the tent from the China entrant "Sanyaz" at the Miami stopover for the Volovo around the world race!

This is the Abu Dhabi pavillion for their entry in the race! While we were in this pavillion we got the boat name done in Arabic!

They had the Volvo arond the world trophy on display! This was a before the storm pic, after the storm went thru the case was knocked over and broken, dont  know what condition the trophy itself was in.

Here is a shot of  Puma as they came in after finishing first for this leg of the race, just ahead of the storms! Very impressive machines!

Behind me is the Volvo pavillion, this is where we took refuge during the storm!

Close up of the Puma boat as they dock and get their welcome to Miami!

Above is the crew of Camper as they finished second to Puma. Camper came in durning the height of the severe thunderstorm. The campus was in a real mess!

Ft Lauderdale

4 great days in Ft Lauderdale, stayed at the city marina at Los Olas. Just 2 blocks from the beach and a trolley ride to the great shopping and dining area of Los Olas. Caught a movie at the I max theater at the Museum in the Las Olas distict, Dark Shadows!
Had a chance to catch up on laundry, wash the boat, run down to the flagship west marine and also went to Sailorman, has to be one of the largest marine resale shops in the world. Lauderdale is a sight to behold if you are a boater. Anything you can imagine for a boat is here.



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Above is the beach at Los olas just 2 blocks east of our Marina





Tourist boat that navigates the many canals that run all around Lauderdale




Just a few of the mega yachts that are around every corner in this town






Shot from the stern of our boat






Anita at the Ritz Caralton seaside, having her mothers day breakfast





Just your basic starter home in ft Lauderdale
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Arriving in Ft Lauderdale

Left dinner key at 7am for a offshore leg to Ft Lauderdale. Dead calm conditions at departure made for a comfortable motor. Water was so calm we were able to spot turtles on the seabed 20 ft below us. The skyline of Miami , North Miami, south beach and port of the Everglades passed to port as we made the trip in 5 hrs.





Above is south beach from our boat about a mile offshore








Government cut passes to port in the above photo








Canal in Lauderdale




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Starter home in Lauderdale just inside the port of Everglades cut.







Some nice little boats in the ICW in Lauderdale







Approaching the 17th street bridge in lauderdale on the icw


We got a slip for a few days at Los olas marina in Lauderdale. Nice public marina in Lauderdale.
Will be looking to head north Sunday or Monday

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