After leaving Marineland our destination for Saturday night was Vilano Beach - very near St. Augustine. We're almost at the top of Florida! And we are definitely in the land of folks that don't believe that signs are posted for a reason :-) Good luck getting that truck unstuck!
The beach was fun to ride on with our bikes but part of the beach was nothing but shells - totally shells and no sand. It was pretty neat.Sadly we rode by our breakfast place only to find it was out of business. Maybe in our next life we'll own a breakfast joint!
It could serve only vegan food. Guess how long that would be in business ...
We saw the Vilano Beach bird last time we stopped but then it was sitting in a yard. Now it's on the pier. Steve commented that it must have migrated ....
Regardless, there were plenty of real birds that enjoyed getting their picture taken!
This pelican just sat there very patiently while I took his picture. It almost seemed as though he was laughing at me :-)
The next morning, Steve took advantage of the thoroughly wet deck (from the dew) and hosed the salt off of the boat. It's just in the air and ends up being everywhere - just waiting to rust our our stainless :-)
We're traveling now through mostly salt marshes and the wildlife is everywhere. Saw a couple of eagles sitting on the shore and tons of osprey, white pelicans, egrets, herons and many kinds of small shore birds.
Then we arrived at our marina yesterday to a very different view: the local 'yoga on a paddleboard'. Apparently it's quite distracting to both boaters and dock workers alike as there have been near crashes and one dockhand almost walked off the end of the dock!Jacksonville Beach also allows bikes on the beach so it was another nice ride down the beach.
Things were going so well - and then I turned around and looked behind us!
It was definitely time to head back to the boat. We just about made it before it started sprinkling. The real rains didn't come for another hour or so - it rained most of the evening and night.It was a good night to be tied up to a dock in a well protected marina!
The sunrise was amazing. Just a slight touch of wind. How truly beautiful ......
The 3 hour trip was peaceful with very few boats on the water this early. Steve managed to coax 4 dolphins into staying in our bow wave for a few minutes. For a while I thought he was going to try to lean out and touch one! I think they really like to hear him talking :-)
We're now in Fernandina Beach at the Marina Trawler Owners Association (MTOA) Rendezvous. There are 68 trawlers in for the gathering so it should be a good time.
Believe it or not, we are actually mentors to a couple that are new to MTOA. Man, they must let ANYONE do this!!
We actually met Kathie and Werner (our mentees) at Marineland Marina when we were there. Now they are docked right next to us here. They are a really nice couple - it'll be fun getting to know them over the next couple of days.
The kicker? Steve is on the SOCIAL committee :-)
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