We left out this morning and had 70 miles to go and the engines needed to be “blown out” (they do not necessarily like the slow speed we have been going. Additionally, it was a calm morning and the current was going against us, so the Captain called an audible and decided we would go out on the Atlantic rather than stay in the protected Inter-Coastal Waterway. There were factors to consider including the fact that we would bypass Daytona Beach (we were there just last year), it could be rough, we cut off 10 miles and we could go fast. So we took the Ponce de Leon Cut to the Atlantic and ran on the outside. It was a little rougher and not scenic (no homes, dolphin, just seagulls). Elizabeth had gone to the old neighborhood and taken lots of pictures and posted them on Facebook—it was a great stroll down memory lane. Plus Kate posted birthday pictures so we had lots of time at sea to look at those. About half way we got approached by the Coast Guard (no stopping-just yelling across boats) who quizzed us. They wanted to know where we were going/where we had been, had we been out of the country and did we have any business with the sailboat that we could see up ahead. Between the 2 of us we came up with the answers to their questions and must have answered correctly because they said to have a nice day and turned around and left us. I wish I had gotten a picture, the young man looked just like our nephew Ray Fitzpatrick and was as polite as you could be while yelling across boats and ocean waves. It was a little exciting and I must say, all I could think about afterwards was what my mug shot would have looked like. Since I wear a hat all the time now my hair sticks out to the sides like a clown—I must get a haircut. Now we are resting in St. Augustine in the shadow of the Bridge of Lions—more from here in the coming days.
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| Pelican Island at New Smyrna |
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| Ponce de Leon Light out at the Cut |
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| Ocean marker with a bell inside |
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