Heading South on the ICW and ......

Susea goes bonkers when she sees dolphins.

We are at Old Port Cove Marina till Monday AM
http://opch2.reachlocal.net/old_port_cove.php
Transient rate is $1.42 per ft with boatUS discount.

Very nice marina, If it was warm we would stay here. The docks are floating and non slip walkways and ramps. Very clean!
Wabasso Bridge Anchorage
Susea thought panther at Eco Center was real















The Eco center has a nice dock with a ladder. No ugly signs saying you can't use it!

Dragon Fly on dingy ride to the dock

Oil leak from intercooler is from seal in turbo. The tiny hole is a design feature. A $.50 cent seal will cost a day's labor to pull the turbo and replace! I placed a catch pan under it and collected a cup of oil in 10 hours of running. None got in the bilge! 
complex tonite because we were worn out and cold from the trip down. We anchored and then stayed in a old marina Seven Seas in Daytona. Then we anchored out at Wabasso Creek? Bridge near an Eco Learning Center. Very nice! Now we are spending Sunday resting in the nice facility at Old Port Cove North Palm Beach.
Lots of old derelict boats with people on them

Had a small oil leak and a few other fixes to do. Rode the bike to West Marine and bought a dock line and a bumper to replace one we lost getting off the dock at Seven Seas. The ICW is an interesting place, like a highway with all sorts of things to see.

A family lives on this 

Seven Seas in daytona is a old marina. We won't stop there again if we can help it.
Free city dock @ Jacksonville Sister's creek.
Lots of interesting houses, some nice , some McMansions

Canals where everybody has a slice of the water.

We passed lots of sailboats heading south @ 8.5 knots. We are going about 2.5 miles per gal of diesel @ 1400 rpm

Sunrise at Titusville Space Center to left.
This was in veteran's park at Titusville. I hope some liberal dumbazz does not get offended. I liked it very much. More later.......





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