St. Augustine

Day 24 (Tues, Dec 6): We headed out from Fernandina to St. Augustine. I talked Patrick into doing smaller hops for the remainder of the trip. This was what it was supposed to be. It was a beautiful day. Perfect finally. Sunny, some wind but not too much, and the waves were smaller 3-5 feet with the dominant period (the time between the swells) much longer. What a day! Now, for getting into the harbor at St. Augustine. Not recommended but the city is cool. Coming in we saw waves behind us higher than Gaia… we were surfing. Not recommended. And, the charts did not show any of the markers…OK, the ones that we could see. Some weird type of weather rolled in and completely diminished visibility. It was the afternoon and sunny but we could not distinguish color, hardly shape. We stayed close to the markers and once again, Patrick was amazing. The force was with him. How he managed to get Gaia in that inlet still amazes me. Class A or maybe B inlets from now on. Once in, we took a mooring ball. The city was beautiful with Christmas lights. We launched the Kraken and dinghyed over to Blue Moon. We have been keeping pace with her since we were in Norfolk. Very nice folks and their trawler was quite nice. We then, headed into town for dinner. Nice outside restaurant and a live music. It was magical. Did I mention how much I like Christmas lights in palm trees!!! Oh, and before heading back to Gaia we got a cab and did the all important Frangelico and Cat Litter run. Patrick and Dobbie both happy.