new smyrna beach, FL.

we finally left st. augustine, FL with no clear idea of where we were going to stop for the night, however, the current carried us swiftly past our possible stops - marineland and daytona beach - all the way to new smyrna beach.  pretty uneventful passage and not much to write home about.  the sun was right in our faces leaving and right in our faces again as we entered the channel into new smyrna beach city marina.  talk about driving blind but we got in with no problems with the help of pam, the dockmaster. 

on the way there, on the radio, we heard a bunch of people grumbling about a cruiser named STARDUST, from NC, who was moving fast and waking everyone to kingdom come!  it was coming from behind and actually slowed down when it came up to us.  i guess he had heard everyone complaining over the radio but the slowing down was really inadequate.  in any case, much later, as we made the turn into the new smyrna beach area, there was STARDUST, hard aground, on the wrong side of the red marker with the tide headed out.  oh well, sometimes, there is justice.  we were the first from the fleet to encounter the sight and tom passed the word back along the ICW.  that boat was going to sit there for a while.  :) 

tom was exhausted and was in bed at 8:00 p.m.  i had to work that night so we barely saw anything of new smyrna beach which was kind of sad since it looked like a nice little town to walk around in.  we did manage to cross the street from the marina during consuelo's walk to check out the historic site which we initially thought was a fort but turned out to be the remains of a hotel that was destroyed during the civil war.  oh well, we will be back. 

oops, completely missed the sunset

spoil island covered in birds

orange is the new pink