March 23, Green Cove Springs. Richard and Suzanne visited. We were docked near the spring and bicycled around town.

March 12, Titusville, FL. It was manatee mating season while we were at the Titusville Municipal Marina.

March 11, Cocoa, FL. We are northbound. Ft. Pierce was our southernmost point. We have run out of time working on the boat, visiting friends (Claude, Darrell), making new friends (Earl from Dancing Bear, Captain John on Sail Va Tion, Sam on Laura Blue), etc. It has been great fun. The west coast of Florida, the Dry Tortugas, the Keys, the Bahamas, will have to be another trip. The weather has been sunny and warm the past week, and we haven't had any rain since we left San Mateo in mid-Feb.

March 2, Melbourne, FL. We've taken refuge in Melbourne Harbor, FL. The past few days have been very windy and stormy. The thunderstorm with golf ball-sized hail that dinged the Space Shuttle was just a few miles from our anchorage near Cocoa. We couldn't take the dinghy to shore yesterday because of the breaking waves. We're going to continue south tomorrow in search of better weather.

Feb 21-22, St Augustine, FL. We are hanging out in St Augustine for a couple of days, enjoying the sun and warm temperatures. There's a lot of history here and we've visited the fort, Castillo de San Marcos, and the Lightner Museum.

Feb 13, 2007. After almost a week of repairs and preparation, Dolfijn is finally in the water on the St Johns River in San Mateo, south of Jacksonville, FL. We are ready to leave but the engine won't start. After the carburator was cleaned, the engine started but the tide went out and the boat is touching bottom. We plan to leave on Wed, Feb 14. Gilles takes out the dinghy to check out the dinghy engine.

Feb 14. Strong winds from the northwest are keeping us at the dock because we are not sure that we can maneuver out of the shallows and avoid some rocks in our path. We plan to leave on Thurs, Feb 15.