Charleston, SC to St. Augustine, FL

Up at sunrise for departure.

Lovely

 Underway for the 30+ hours was uneventful.  Just a few interesting things appeared.

This big cargo ship came pretty close!  997 feet long and 121 feet wide.  Amazing.

 Marked "Navy Platform" on the chart.  30 or 40 miles offshore in 85 feet of water.  It's unlighted - luckily it shows up on our onboard radar so we would have visibility to it at night.

This was our view of calm seas and What If in front of us at sunrise on day 2.

Another lovely sunrise.  Can't get enough of those!  Plus we're striping off the layers of clothes and putting shorts and tee shirts on now!

Coming in the inlet at St. Augustine was a bit "lumpy".  Outgoing tide so we got pitched around a bit.

Picked up a mooring at the St. Augustine marina.  Lots of big catamarans here.  Sojourn in the middle.

 Our view from the boat is of the Castillo de San Marcos fort - the oldest and largest masonry fort in the country.

 Got settled and had some lunch onboard.   Then in to the marina to check in and register.  Met up with Ed and Cathy to go into Jacksonville and retrieve their truck from storage at Jacksonville Naval Air Station. 

 Went to the commissary with them - what fun!  I'd never been to one before.

Then we drove over to Ortega landing to meet up with Now & Zen.   So the 3 cruising couples were finally together again but I didn't take a photo!  We were all pretty exhausted from the overnight and called it an early night.  We meet up with them again this evening for happy hour - I'll try to remember a photo.