CODA : Stormy day in Saint Augustine
30 March 2025
Saint Augustine South Mooring Field, Saint Augustine , Florida
Portrait of La Reina (the queen) at La Reina Restaurant in St Augustine.
Marc- It has been a stormy day with rain and thunderstorms on and off all day. We mostly remained on board Coda with two exceptions. First was Mass at the Cathedral this morning and second was dinner at the wonderful La Reina Restaurant. The cathedral was packed and is beautiful inside and out. The restaurant theme is that "everyone is welcome at the Queen's table". This beautiful 120 year old three story building was once the home of a Maine hardware merchant, Ferdinand Hamblen, and his wife of local Minorcan descent. Antonia DeMedici Hamblen. Settlers from the western Mediterranean Island of Minorca arrived in St Augustine in 1777.
It was also a good day to do laundry. The Marina laundry is also the boaters lounge and open only to boaters. I discussed the various routes for heading north from here and favorite stops with some the the friendly boaters. Oriental, North Carolina seems to be one top stopover that we have missed so far.
My phone provides weather warnings for back home. No hurry to get back to Vermont.
Local radar screen shot this morning at 08:00. It only got worse.
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