November 15, St. Augustine, FL

What a day!  We started out at 6:45 under rainy skies with a fair amount of wind.  We were making good time until we came to the 2nd high rise bridge over Sister Creek- the water level indicated 62 feet of passage (all high rise bridges are cleared for 65 feet mean high water).  We were at the top of high tide and we think our boat needs at least 63 feet to the top of the mast.  We wasted about an hour doing lazy circles until the water receded about a foot.  We then proceeded through and upped the RPM’s to try to make up for lost time.  We knew we had about 8 more bridges to pass through and about 50 more miles to travel.  And the last bridge into St. Augustine only opens on the hour and half hour (but doesn’t open at 5:00 because of commuter traffic).  Boy, did we boogie!  We made the 4:00 bridge opening with 5 minutes to spare! Whew!  Now for a brew and some dinner in town!

Here are some scenes along the way- enormous houses!