Ben and I left Jacksonville Beach Marina and headed south on the ICW..
We cruised south, past all the gorgeous homes in Palm Bay, and on down where the canal opened back to a little wider, river/salt marsh environment.
We cruised through Saint Augustine, taking a diversion to check out the new mooring field in Salt Run. The Saint Augustine fort in impressive, but the wind was howling out of the south, and the current was screaming, and we decided that even if we grabbed a mooring ball, exploring much was probably out.
We continued on to the south to the cut that Fort Matanzas is on, and anchored just northwest of the fort. The pass proved to be a pretty constant depth for a wide area, allowing us a great comfortable night anchorage.
Ben went ashore to the fort, which was closed, and returned in time for us to put the dinghy back on the roof before it started raining. The wind stopped when the rain came, so it made for a peaceful night.
Anchored 29 43.038 81 14.470
Ben said he'd never seen pelicans. We changed that! Loads of pelicans. A fee dolphins. Lots of gulls, cormorrNts, herons, ospreys, and. Hawk.
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