May 5th – It was a warm sunny day with extremely strong winds. We stayed on the mooring ball in Fernandina Beach with the intent of going into the Shrimp Festival however the winds are gusting to 35 mph and are creating large enough waves that would totally soak us with salt water if we try to make it to the dingy dock. While we waited for conditions to improve I put new zincs in my engines and generator. I also changed the impeller in the generator which needed changing since the old one had small cracks throughout. I reviewed our online US credit card statement and noticed that we were double charged for over $600 worth of diesel by Fort Pierce Marina. I called the credit card company and they asked that I call the marina first. The marina is looking into it but I haven’t heard back from them yet. We finally decided to head over to the dingy dock to visit the Shrimp Festival and guess what, we were covered in salt when we got there … what a surprise! There were lots of people around and we had shrimp for dinner … another surprise! We didn’t get quite as salty going back to the boat and we had fireworks at the end of the night. We are hoping that the winds die down tomorrow so we can continue our travels north.
We’re starting to see a lot more birds now that we’re in Florida |
Playing follow-the-leader again |
A little cottage that we saw on the ICW |
Provisioning in Jacksonville Beach … don’t forget the beer! |
Fernandina Beach … They like their shrimp and pirates |
Maria and her pet pelican |
Trying to hide but she caught me! |
Fernandina Beach has a nice town close to the marina |
Shrimp what? |
One of the shrimp tents |
The shrimp stage where the live band plays |
HELP … I got captured by these Pirates! (They made me smile for the picture) |
Miss Shrimp Festival |
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