We Are As Far As Jacksonville, Fl

The trip up the ICW from Vero Beach to Jacksonville was quite uneventful, however, we saw a lot of things that aren't usually encountered  on the ICW in south Florida. We anchored just off the ICW in Melbourne, Titusville, and Daytona Beach just spending the night and leaving around 7:30 AM to make bridge times.  There are several that open on the hour and half hour and a few on request.   One night we stayed in the Matanzas River anchored in front of Ft. Matanzas.

Ft. Matanzas, a Revolutionary  War fort.

St. Augustine from the ICW

Then it was on to St. Augustine, through the Bridge of Lions and up to the St. John's River.  We like the City of St. Augustine, the oldest in the country.  The Bridge of Lions is the most beautiful  bridge on the entire ICW in my opinion.  From Ft. Matanzas, we encountered morning fog and followed a tug pushing 2 barges  It was easy to see the tug's lights and stay a safe distance behind.  As the fog lifted we could see the name of it......"Anger Management", not sure how close we wanted to be!  

Anger Management passing through The Bridge of Lions

We did follow him all the way to St. Augustine and through the Bridge of Lions.  Tugs are something you don't often encounter on the southern part of the ICW and so are cruise ships.  As we approached the St. John's River, we passed this one headed south through a narrow section that we showed less than 6 feet of water under us at high tide.  I guess they made it since we didn't hear any radio calls for Towboat US. 

Cruise ship on ICW

                                                                                    

That day we made it a long one and continued up to Blount Island in the St. John's River so we could be in Jacksonville early in the afternoon on March 24th.  We arrived at Mulberry Cove Marina at Navy JAX around 2:00 PM. on a lovely, sunny, warm day.