Made it to St. Augustine (74!!!!)

We had an extremely uneventful, calm overnight sail (motor) to St. Augustine, arriving around 11a.m. on Thursday.  It was a clear day, beautiful sunset, and starry night.  Other than the number of shrimping boats we encountered, working their shrimp nets in the night, we saw no other sailboats. The best part of an overnight trip is dawn.

Ah, St. Augustine!  The land of 74 degrees (at least right now).  The Bridge of Lions, a landmark of St. Augustine for generations  has been completely refurbished.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_Lions   The old temporary bridge that was built during the reconstruction is almost demolished.

Here are Luke & Smokey, waiting patiently in the WARMTH, with our overnight wollies still at hand, waiting for the bridge to open for us.

We met Lisa, Mat, and Simon at the docks.  A little  tour of St. Augustine, fine dining at a pizza place, and home for the night.

This morning the dew was heavy, so Luke did a little dew cleaning.  Smokey helped.

Today we brought Lisa and family to the boat for Simon's first sailboat tour on his Bompapa's boat (Bompa is Flemish for grandfather --- Simon added his own little touch). 

We will join them later at their campsite for a chili cookoff and some New Year's Eve fireworks.  Pictures to follow tomorrow of our day together.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!