Our first official day on the loop! Guess what - We both woke up a little early - excitement and nerves! Finally the official start of our big adventure.
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| Leaving the slip for the last time. |
Took a little time to get away from the dock as we had all double lines (for hurricanes) and some had to be cut away and some retired early. Good thing we had purchased new primary lines (and kept the best of the old). Off at 9:00 and safely out of Daytona after clearing 2 bridges that needed to be raised for us to pass.
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| The Admiral leading us out the channel. |
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| Bridge opening for "Lady J" and us, there is always company on the water. |
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| Nice homes north of Ormond Beach |
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| House Boat? |
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| Island Time! |
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| Lots of this to see. |
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| A pink house boat! |
Smooth water and an easy 30-mile / 5-hour ride to Palm Coast FL, and the Palm Coast Marina. Great little Marina - about 80 boats and we got a great slip on the end of the first row - perfect. There was a great "porch" behind the office,
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| The back porch |
and we met several couples doing the loop and some traveling back north for the summer, and one guy who stopped 3 years ago and never left. Lots of advice from the former "director of Tourism" for North Carolina about where to stay and what to avoid. If we can only remember it all (did get out a map and make notes as soon as we returned to the boat).
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| View from the porch. |
Judie met a lady couple cruising on an Endeavour 38 power catamaran - the very same boat she fell in love with at the Annapolis boat show and later in St. Petersburg FL when we re-looked at her hoping to convince her owner to sell. Not a similar boat - the exact boat! Judie was happy to see it loved and in great shape - made her third goodbye a little easier.
Our neighbor had a pet parrot the talked constantly until dark and was very fluent with quite a large vocabulary. Not too bad, but when he returned home at 2:00 AM and turned on the music, the entire marina had to listen. He refused to shut it off or turn it down until the marina staff cut off his power at 6:00 AM. Good music, thankfully, but bad timing!
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