EverGreen

Last evening happy hour took place on EverGreen....we had 13 in the salon...and the girls decided that we wanted to shop in Fernadina so we set the departure time for this morning at 7:30 AM....We have been rolling into port about 4 or so each day and thought we should get in a little earlier.....so the boys cooperated and we were all away by 7:15....

 We did not get into St. Augustine, but several things made it special....as we passed the old fort on the waterfront, they shot off the cannons and we are sure it was just for us.....

Then after dinner, fireworks started going off near what appeared to be the downtown waterfront, and we all went up to the bow for a wonderful view.....and again we decided it was just for us.....isn't St. Augustine wonderful?

The marina was very nice and there were many boats that just made our Krogens look small....

So a few pics for the day.....first is the eagle that was just sitting on a small rise on the edge of the marshes...

Next is a picture of those at the party....left to right....Lee and Barb Fosset, Barbara Boykin, Helen, Pat Edmonds and Al and Susan"s daughter and son in law, who came down to meet them for dinner.  As you can see, the food is almost gone...

In the next picture, you see Al and Susan and their grandaughter.  On the right is Pat's husband Ted.

This last picture was taken as we went under an 80 foot high bridge...there were two girls sitting on the piling platform at the water line with no connection to the land...how'd they get there....they had a great close up view of all the boat traffic....hope their ride home shows up.

I get up at 3:3O AM tomorrow to make a 6 am flight out of Jacksonville to go back to Boise....so sad......

Some of you might be interested in the EverGreen cruise plan for the next few weeks...

Date	Destination	Marina	Marker	Traveled
	Jensen Beach, FL	Four Fish Marina	984
16-Apr	Vero Beach, FL	Vero Beach Municipal Marina	951	28.7
17-Apr	Cocoa Beach, FL	Cocoa Village Marina	899	45.2
18-Apr	Datona Beach, FL	Halifax Harbor Marina	831	59.1
19-Apr	St. Augustine, FL	Camachee Cove Yacht Harbor	776	47.8
20-Apr	Fernandina Beach, FL	Fernandina Harbor Marina	717	51.3
21-Apr	Jekyll Island, FL	Jekyll Harbor Marina	684	28.7
22-Apr	Doboy Sound, GA	Anchor - Duplin River	649	30.4
23-Apr	Savannah, GA	Isle of Hope Marina	590	51.3
24-Apr	Beaufort, SC	Port Royal Landing Marina	539	44.3
25-Apr	Charleston, SC	Harborage at Ashely Marina	467	62.6
26-Apr	Georgetown, SC	The Boat Shed	402	56.5
27-Apr	Myrtle Beach, SC	Lightkeepers Marina	346	48.7
28-Apr	Southport, NC	Southport Marina	309	32.2
29-Apr	Bogue Sound, NC	Casper's Marina	229	69.6
30-Apr	Oriental, NC	Oriental Marina	181	41.7
1-May	Belhaven, NC	Belhaven Waterway Marina	135	40.0
2-May	Alligator River, NC	Alligator River Marina	84	44.3
3-May	Coinjock, NC	Coinjock Marina	49	30.4
4-May	Norfolk, VA	Portsmouth Boating Center	0	42.6
5-May	Deltaville, VA	Deltaville Marina
6-May	Solomons, MD	Calvert Marina

Hello again....again the water is calm....

We have picked up Barb and Lee.....she brought homemade Lasagna and so we stayed aboard last night....calm winds, Kenny G on the IPod, candles on the aft deck and good company...all of a sudden it was almost ll pm!

Here are a few more pictures to enjoy.,.

This is a glimpse of how close we were so close together up in Vero Beach Marina....the post that is between our boats only disguises the fact that behind it, where the beam of our boats get wider, and there was only the width of a bumper to separate us and we had to push the boats apart to get that room!

For you sailors out there....this is a hint of how stong the winds were the first day we sailed....right out of the north....just the direction we were heading....Love ....Helen

Look at our sunrise this morning!!!

 New to me as a first time salt water cruiser....first thing when you pull into the marina for the evening is boat washdown.  Salt residue is everwhere....I mean little chunks you can put in a salt grinder were nestled in one of our portholes...later today, I may start to wash the inside teak to take the residue off of it....we had a lazy evening and went for dinner with Al, Sue, Jim and Barbara to a Brazilian restaurant that served all you can eat grilled meat.....as in pepper steak, "skirt" steak, lamb..pork...cornish hen, chicken, garlic beef...and the list probablyt went on ..,but we all got full....very different...the meat came out on a 2 1/2 foot long skewer and our waiter served pieces of it by sliding the meat chunks down the skewer with a pretty huge knife...we had a South American wine and followed all with a Flan.....Hungry yet?

The water is smooth today and we are heading for Datona where Paul's sister Barb and her husband Lee will join us for the weekend sail to Fernadina, Fl.

This is a view of our morning water...smooooth and calm....dolphins playing today.... and we go through a canal soon to take us into Mosquito Lagoon....Helen

A quick catch up on the month of March

  Helen headed home to Boise on the 8th of March after the Sannibel Island Sailor's Valentine competition.  Paul headed back to the boat in Jensen Beach.  Helen was doing lots of spring cleanup on her yard.  Then her Mom became very ill after the extraction of a tooth....so ill that we went to the hospital....but after some medication changes and the magic of the antibiotics....   Mom is doing much better....but it was serious enough that Helen delayed her return to EverGreen and to Paul until April 7th. 

The week following her return....Helen joined Paul in his efforts to finally set sail on the trip north....We have made plans to travel with two other Krogen owners until the boat reaches the Cheasapeake and the Soloman Islands.  First there is Arial...aboard ship are Barbara and Jim, who travel with their Boykin spaniel, Chessie and their cat, Merlin....and the other Krogenites are Al and Susan, who are aboard Twocan, and we are glad for the company.  Helen will depart the group when the "fleet" reaches just east of Jacksonville, Florida, to travel home to Boise again.

Wednesday, April 16th was "Sailing Day".....we left the Four Fish Marina at about 11 AM.....lots of wind out of the north and some light chop....but the boats did a great job of providing a smooth ride.  The real challenge came when we tried to dock in Vero Beach.....the width of the water between the end of the docks was about 62 feet...and our boats are 49 feet long overall...so cruising into the "fairway" as it is called and turning the boat into what was yet a very narrow slip was a true challenge. As we sat in the boat slip there was only about a foot between boats...and we had about a four foot jump to reach the dock if we wanted to go ashore...but the company was excellent...another Krogen owner Pat and Ted) aboard Seaclusion followed us up to Vero...and we all met for champagne and snacks after our sail. It was Pat's birthday.....Isn't life good?

Here are Ariel and Seaclusion behind us on "Sailing Day"....it is hard to tell, but there are tiny whitecaps on the Intercoastal water....but don't we look smooth?

Well...you read it right and we took a picture of EverGreen's first fill up to let you all see for yourselves!!!!