Conditions: 80-70 degrees mostly sunny
Location: Palm Coast
We fueled up and took on water before leaving Saint Augustine this morning. There was no feeling this time that we had over stayed our welcome. The city still seemed alive and ready to be explored some more. Maybe that is the best way to leave a place, to not explore every path. That way you will want to come back.
The weather was mild and in the low seventies. We made our way to Palm Coast, the hometown of Kathy and Tom Gaffey, former Connecticut residents. The area was very nice, all the houses were almost exactly the same color. Tom informed us that it was a building code in the town so that you "have to like beige to live here." You also had to have an uncanny memory. Not only were the houses all the same color but the neighborhoods were divided up alphabetically. This meant that in the C district, where Tom and Kathy reside, all the street names start something like Cedar... Crest, grove, wood, field, hollow, you get the idea. Tom proved that the GPS was an essential tool to living a stress free life in Florida. Tom and Kathy invited us to stay at their house and boy was it relaxing, almost like being home again. Tom took us to the beach and showed us all the good anchorages and marinas to stop at down the ICW. Kathy showed us pictures of the Bahamas that they had taken while sailing their own boat south and told me all the good spots to find shells. I am anxious to get my hands on a sea biscuit. We had such a good time that we stayed two nights. I tried to catch up with the blog but was too mesmerized by the internet to do much good. I think I watched three movies and three tv episodes while we were there.
What we ate: comfort food! lasagna, green beans, cole slaw, burgers, kielbasa
Spotted: the pink panther
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