Rivers Edge Marina, St. Augustine, Florida: December 31, 2020
29 degrees 53.175' N Latitude, 81 degrees 19.267' W Longitude
Marc- Sue and I returned to Lucy III to continue our Southern adventure. We drove in Michael's truck from his house in NJ (4am) to Washington, DC (7:30am), where we dropped Michael's son Brendan off. Then we went on to St. Augustine (9pm). The total distance was about 950 miles. The weather was perfect today with sunny skies and temperatures in the 70's. The boat was basically in the same shape as we had left it two months ago before returning to Massachusetts to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas with Sara and Stephanie. Temperatures in Massachusetts were in the 30's when we left so this was a nice surprise here in Florida. The one change to the boat was some growth on the bottom. It does not look bad but our neighbor and cruising buddy extraordinaire, Michael Gilmartin, has bottom growth on Fidler's Green that needs attention so we are getting the local diver, Jerry Butler, two boats to work on.
Today we went to Publix supermarket to replenish the perishable foods on board. This evening we walked around downtown to see the city and waterfront all lit up (Nights of Lights runs from November 14 through January 31). There were even fireworks. We will be here doing some work on the boat while we await our bottom cleaning. Then we leave for Marathon in the Keys, about 2 weeks away.
