Sunday March 18,2007

Hi Everyone:

Today we went from Titusville to Daytona - saw our first real live lighthouse - even though it was from a distance. This was taken at Ponce de Leon Inlet. We discovered that this area is pretty dangerous - we bumped on the bottom several times - and we only draft 3 1/2 feet. The guide books say that there is a lot of shoaling and the Core of Engineers or Coast Guard or whoever is responsible for the buoys cannot keep up. If you come this way and notice that the buoys don't line up and look really wierd - believe what you see. It is wierd - and shallow.

Our most exciting thing today was to see a small island completely covered by pink flamingos. Evidently they are migrating and all decided to stop at the same place. My bird book indicates that it is fairly rare to see them in Florida waters at all. The area around NASA - Cape Canaveral is a wildlife refuge. We saw more water birds than we have ever seen before. Many types including osprey and eagles.

Tomorrow we head for St Augustine.

See you out there somewhere.

Ann & Rob