Monday, November 9, 2015

11/09/15 St Augustine to Daytona

Monday, 11/09/10 - St. Augustine to Daytona
Today's forecast was originally pretty wet & windy. However, we awoke to a much gentler one with St. Augustine on the southern edge of a large weather system. We headed south for Daytona Beach to get below the weather and it was a good decision.
A squadron of beautiful pink roseate spoonbills
Much of the intracoastal today was through state marshland preserves





























This sailboat isn't having a very good day!



These bridge columns near Daytona were beautiful
Nearly at our marina


The Halifax Harbor Marina had over 550 slips - quite large!












After tying up, we rode the 5 blocks into downtown Daytona to see what was there. Though the downtown area was clean & quiet with some small shops, it was apparent that the action was across the bridge at the beach. Due to the distance, we decided to pass on that visit and head back to Samba.







Downtown Daytona
Carol's brother, Stan & Janice live fairly close to Daytona so they met us at the marina & took us over to Daytona Beach for a nice dinner at a little seafood place. It was great being able to spend a little more time with them before moving Samba on south.