Up at daybreak, it is time to begin this adventure. Lows were in the high 20's overnight, so our electrical cord was a little stiff rolling up. We left the dock at 7:30 am, just about sunrise for a beautiful ride down the St. Johns to the ICW. The timing was almost perfect with the tide and we went through downtown with only a light current against us. By the time we made downtown Jacksonville it was almost slack water, so the journey to the ICW was made in just about 2 and one half hours. Then down the ICW to St. Augustine arriving around 4:00pm, averaging over 7 mph. The day could not have been more perfect as the water was basically flat with winds under 5mph. After securing a mooring ball for TIKA, we took our dinghy into St. Augustine for the Christmas festival of lights and some dinner. The evening concluded with a 1/4 mile dinghy ride in the darkness back to TIKA who was resting peacefully on her mooring ball. A perfect start to our latest adventure.
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