Departed Titusville around 0820. Hot and muggy. 92% humidity at 6:30 am. 93% now…Yikes. Next came the Haulover Canal; a favorite of mine. It’s a narrow cut through a preserve. A skate jumped right next to me. So glad that I didn’t drop the camera. A manatee swimming in circles; an alligator who quickly dove into the brackish, dark water. Saw a strange-to-me jellyfish: orange,maroon and white, with, apparently, no tentacles. Dolphins everywhere……

Anchor down in Daytona (mm 832). Had to use the generator to cook and charge phone/iPad….not good…

Monday, up and moving by 8am. Bounced all night….nasty, even bounced off walls as I got up in the middle of the night to use the facilities. Arrived at Marineland Marina (mm 796). Worked on cleaning up the exterior of the boat. For that year+, could not access the sides of the boat (pier’s too short and boats packed too closely together.) Wow, sitting did a number on her. Will have to have teak stripped. It’s peeling. I can scrub off chunks of varnish.

Had a great sunset! I even caught a heron posing in front of it.

Tuesday, departed Marineland at 0750. Once again, hot and sticky…..it’s Florida. Arrived at Camachee Marina (mm775) early afternoon. Ok, we tied up portside to today, so I got to clean the other side of the boat. We had a new battery installed to see if it would help our electrical problem. This one, a small one, was not changed out in 2018.

Uber eats delivered Mexican for dinner.

Wednesday, stayed put. Walked over the bridge and the underpass….nice walk. Then borrowed the marina car to go into St Augustine. I bought some Sumbrella fabric for my shed awnings at home. The fellow who cares for our yard sent me a photo….the old ones on there are ripped and stained. We also had to do some food shopping. At night, Larry got to watch the Bruins get eliminated from the playoffs (aww!), and I worked on artwork.

Thursday, departed Camachee at 0800. Going to be another hot one. (Duh!) Near the St John’s River, many dolphins swam with us; then a beautiful roseate spoonbill flew by, very close to the boat.

Spent quite a while booking doctor appointments for us in August. Booked 15 appointments and still not done. Not easy, due to COVID. Seems everyone is making appointments now.

For a flash today, saw 8.3 knots….go Panda Bear! Off Amelia Island, the chart read 13-14 feet…the reality was less than 3 feet. Stuck, but we plowed our way off. A sailboat, not quite as lucky. We couldn’t have pulled him off…..he couldn’t plow ….New moon, approaching low tide in 1.5 hours and then thunder and lightning….triple fun! Arrived at Fernandina Harbor Marina (mm716) around 3:45. Still, weather alerts for storms. Ate dinner and walked around town. Too crowded for my liking considering COVID…nope…nope…nope…even though we are fully vaccinated. Great sunset with very dramatic clouds.

Friday, departed Fernandina around 0850, having slept in. Breezy, with some west in it so it feels a little drier. Crossed into GA. Not stopping at Cumberland Island, an awesome stop…..bummer. Arrived in Jekyll Harbor Marina (mm 685) by 2:30. Settled in then borrowed a golf cart from the marina for a tour of the island. Dinner on board.

Saturday, bad weather. Not moving today. Around 2:00, Larry wanted to go to the restaurant on the premises for oysters. As we waited on the restaurant’s porch, a squal blew through. Driving rain and a bolt of lightning that struck a field within 100 yds of us! There was a collective “wow”. A man said he didn’t make “one Mississippi”. The

now-abandoned porch was drenched and chairs turned over….we weren’t comfortable eating inside, way too crowed. So, we took the oysters for Larry and pecan pie for me back to the boat. Eat on our back porch as another squall blew through.