Heading South

With a mixture of Intercoastal Waterway days, and a couple overnighters on the Outside, we keep heading south. The ICW does offer cool views of swing bridges, and bascules. Great when they open on request, and not so great when they have a schedule and you missed the opening by minutes.

Sometimes the wind and current are not forgiving and yesterday was like that, a long day of bascule bridges and Florida powerboat wakes. One such West Palm Beach bascule bridge had lots of armed Coast Guard boats. Yup, they ran right up next to us for a looky look and a short escort. Ernie didn't get to his camera fast enough for a picture, but at least we didn't ruffle any feathers taking photos of the monstrously big machine gun and operator.  There was a crowd by the roadside, some protestors, and some fans, and a freeze on the scheduled bridge opening. We were late to the bridge so the delay worked in our favor, even if it was a political motorcade we would have preferred to skip.

But nevertheless, I love the swings:

But even moreso, I love sailing on the Outside at night with sunsets and sunrises on open horizons:

And visiting some favorite stops along the way. Here's Ernie in front of St.Augustine FL's oldest house:

What a great day walk that was. Looks like he bought a few things too.