Did you miss us? We sure missed you! We had another computer glitch and I couldn’t communicate/post and I REALLY missed chatting with you. But my “Miracle Michael” got us up and running again!

We have been scurrying through this part of our journey because our insurance agent (George) says we need to be, at least, to St. Mary’s, Georgia or further north by July 1^st due to hurricane season.

So, here’s a quick update:  We left Halifax Yacht Club in Daytona Beach, Florida on Monday (6/17) and arrived at River’s Edge Marina in St. Augustine around 1:30 that afternoon. We hopped off the boat to take the doggies for a walk and ended up in the beautiful historic district (without my camera).  Unfortunately, it was there I lost my “seeing eye” glasses and spent the rest of the day and most of the next day getting new ones made. We didn’t make it back for more sightseeing or photos. This is definitely a place to return to and spend several days relaxing and enjoying everything this wonderful city has to offer. But, this time, we had to keep moving.

We continued north on Wednesday (6/19) headed for Jacksonville, Florida. About an hour south of Jacksonville we saw a six-mile residential area of “over the top” gorgeous homes. It’s also a no-wake zone so you’re forced to go slow giving us time to take in all the beautiful “eye candy”. As an ex-Realtor and ex-General Contractor, we were drooling and mentally remodeling every small home that hadn’t been improved yet.  Fun!  

We spent the night at Palm Cove Marina in Jacksonville. From there we went to Amelia Island Marina – Note: this marina is NOT on an island. It is a tired dock in need of repair with a food truck for a restaurant. Pretty disappointing but we spent Thursday (6/20) night there. We also saw much more commercial activity on the water on this leg of the journey.

Our next stop – St. Mary’s, Georgia! Yay, we made our destination on June 21^st well short of our July 1^st deadline. Now, we feel like we can slow down a bit and enjoy the journey. To our great surprise we discovered that our “old” friend, Jim Bell, now calls St. Mary’s home. Jim made arrangements for us to stay in Lang’s Marina where he keeps his boat. He met us at the dock when we arrived, helped us tie up and gave us the keys to his truck.  How nice is he???? We hopped off the boat, took Jim to lunch, had great conversations and caught up on years past. Lang’s Marina used to be a big marina until the hurricane came through a couple of years ago and took it out.  Now it’s one dock and accommodates about 10 boats. We spent three wonderful days (Friday, 6/21-Sunday 6/24) days in St. Mary’s enjoying the historic town and visiting with Jim. It’s a charming community with lots of history and beautiful homes built in the 1800’s and early 1900’s. Thanks to Jim this is one our most memorable stops. Thanks again Jim, we absolutely loved it.