Our last entry we were in the Wahoo River anchored and waiting out the weather. We rose early Wednesday morning to watch a beautiful sunrise. Our question for the day was. Do we go? After thoroughly checking the weather, our decision was to stay put, and it was a very good decision! The sun didn't last long , the winds whipped up a frenzy and the rain came down in buckets. So, we snuggled down and read a great book.
Thursday Dec. 10th we pulled anchor and headed out. Our journey today took us through the 'Mud River'. Let us just say its aptly named, because you definitely don't want to venture out of the narrow channel it's is very shallow and just outside the channel is lots of mud!!! The weather although wasn't rainy, it was darn cold, we wore layers of fleece, winter coats and gloves! We were lucky the temperature highs were in the high 40's because a huge winter storm was going across the whole country. Isn't this the south?? Our stop today was the Frederica River, just across from Fort Frederica. Another great anchorage.
Friday December 11th, our plans had changed, we were hoping to stop and anchor out in Cumberland Island for a few days to explore this interesting National Park. But both of us said, no way too darn cold and wet lets go to a marina. The Summer Wind needed fuel so we topped up at $2.59/gal, after researching many marinas in Florida and finding that the prices have already reached $3.00/gal.Our stop today was Fernandina Municipal marina in Fernandina Beach. We pulled in and plugged in. Ahhhhhh warmth!!! 
This was the first night of Hanukkah and we lit our Menorah aboard the Summer Wind. Later we checked out the cute little town and went for a lovely dinner at Pompeo's, a wonderful little Italian restaurant. Our waitress, although very nice informed us that Saturday didn't look promising, 90% chance for rain the whole day, Great!! Well, needless to say, sure enough Saturday morning it was pouring, there was no huge great decision, we stayed put. By noon the rain had 'slowed' somewhat so we decided to make the most of it and do laundry,isn't cruising wonderful? The neat thing about this marina is the Captain's lounge, there's a giant flat screen TV, comfortable seating, a table for working cruisers,wi-fi and hot coffee. Today the lounge was busy with many cruisers just waiting out the storm, so we ended up hanging out and meeting people while the rain continued to pour.
Sunday morning the dock was busy with mass evacuation, the rain and wind had stopped! Aha, but let's not get too excited, there was a wall of fog, and at times so thick you couldn't see past the bow or behind where we knew a 70 foot sailboat was trailing. So, as they say, on we went at literally a snails pace or turtle speed for about 2 hours into our trip. The good news is the temperatures rose to about 75 degrees and finally the sun burned off the fog and out came the tees and shorts, YEAH!!!! 
Our stop today was St. Augustine Municipal marina, in one of the oldest towns of the United States. The little town was decorated with Christmas lights and the streets were busy with many tourists. We heard they were having a Christmas event in the center of town.They were lighting luminaries which were benefiting feeding and clothing the homeless.There were boxes of clothes and volunteers serving a hot buffet to the homeless. which truly humbled us and we felt blessed to be able to enjoy the lifestyle we are enjoying. More to follow........
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