19-02-06 St. Augustine to Daytona through New Smyrna Beach - Wednesday

As it was getting late, we anchored out in a quiet cove near the St. Augustine Bridge. 
We enjoyed a beautiful sunrise, and were off an running early Wednesday morning.
Good bye, St. Augustine!  We promise to explore you on our way back up north, in a month!
We had a wonderful, sunny day, traveling through the Intracoastal.



Now, I know you guys think that all I do is sit in the sun, and read a book all day, but NO!
I am the NAVIGATOR, helping us stay in the deeper-water-channel, by helping spot red (on the right) & green (on the left) markers.
It's a rough job, but somebody has to do it.  

I also report up-coming bridges. Here is one of the many incredible bridges we traveled under! Beautiful and amazing mosaics ---





As we near some of the bridges, we have to hail the bridge-tender and wait for a lift, as Zingara is 24 feet tall, and can't go under all the bridges.  It was sunny and warm, but windy, up on the flying bridge.  We were both in sweatshirts, but still REALLY enjoying the sunshine!

Here are the 4 Bridges that welcome boaters into the Daytona area.

 Daytona!
We were making really good time, so we continued on to New Smyrna Beach.
The Yellow Dog Eats restaurant -- excellence smoked brisket with their own private BBQ sauce --- a mixture of Carolina's gold, and Southern Spicy sauce!  and local craft beer was icing on the cake.  Great times!
Good night!

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