Stats for May 4, 2019

Origin: St Augustine Mooring Field

Destination: Jacksonville Beach, Beach Marine

Distance: 30.7 miles

Speed: 8.3 mph

Time on the Move: 3 hours and 42 minutes

We left our mooring ball nice and early to get a start on the day. We wanted to go at slack tide, we had to time the bridge, and we needed to wait until it was light. I think we ended up heading through the 7 am bridge opening which was before slack tide, but without having to do much maneuvering, it wasn’t an issue.

As soon as the kids were up, we let them know that we were headed to a marina and we wanted to get there early because we were going to a WATER PARK for the day!! Mike happened to find a groupon for a water park that was right next to a marina, and since the kids were such troopers with all the history in St A and we knew there would be a LOT of history to come, we figured why not spend on a day on water slides!? I have to give Mike all the credit–he found the groupon and pushed for the idea when I said it wasn’t necessary. He is a great fun-planner!!

We got tied up at the marina and made a quick lunch, then we were off to the water park. The place looked huge and had so many fun slides and play areas!! Plus, the day was perfect–sunny, humid, and mid 80’s.

The kids were such troopers, going down a bunch of water slides, waiting in lines, and having tons of fun. It was definitely worth the planning, cost, and hassle to arrange this stop after seeing how much they enjoyed it.

We finished the day off with a round of putt-putt golf.

Around 7:00 we headed back for the boat. It was a long day of fun in the sun and we were tired and hangry. Plus, we had groceries and laundry still ahead of us that night. Luckily, I ordered the groceries from instacart, so a very friendly lady did our shopping and delivered them right to the marina. I used to think grocery delivery was genius at home, but out here it is almost essential!! I’m still thrilled every time it works out!!

Mike and I also tag teamed 3 loads of laundry along with dinner, putting away groceries, showers for the kids, and bedtime. It was a long, exhausting day, but we had lots of play time and most of the chores were done, so we slept well.

Off to new adventures!! Thanks for reading and following along!!