At Anchor in St. Augustine, FL

This is what I call taking your porch with you! This cute house boat went by us as we set anchor for the night.

We rose early this morning and left the dock about 7 AM. We traveled 65 miles today to St. Augustine. After fueling at the public marina we decided to go under the bascule bridge and anchor just north of the bridge. The bridge has been closed for a week for repairs and is now open on restriction. We would have had to be under it before 7 AM tomorrow morning or wait until 11 AM. The anchorage on the south side of the bridge is more protected but we felt anchoring on the north side the lesser of the two evils.

While we hailed the bridge tender on the VHF radio some friends of ours, Joe and Sandee, heard us and called on the phone. They are just north of where we are and may link up with us for a while tomorrow. We haven't seen them since Deltaville but have talked on the phone many times. We have tried to link up before but were not successful. It will be fun to travel together with them.