St Augustine

Day 20
Jan 21, 2016 Thurs
St Augustine Municipal Marina
Mooring field
St Augustine, FL

We had a warm and sunny day.  We got the dinghy down for the first time since the trip. We were a bit rusty on procedure and took longer than usual to get going.  We needed to make a run to Walmart or some similar place that would have hardware, clothes, and groceries.  Transportation was our first problem since it was a long way to Walmart. We first tried Uber but they thought we were in Fernandino Beach. So then we tried a taxi. The first one said 40 minutes, way too long. We tried to flag down a taxi but he had one passenger and we needed room for 4 people.  The man handed me a card with his number.  I called and in about 10 or 15 minutes we got a ride to Walmart. After finding all the stuff we needed we came back and put things away that needed refrigerated or frozen. Then decided to play tourist. 

We wondered around just a little and found a Greek place to eat.  Mitch wanted 3 other places but all were closed.  He had his heart set on a VFW he had eaten before but it was closed. So were the next 2 places he tried. Lee and I really liked the place we ate. We had coconut soup, which was delicious, and feta pie, which is a Greek version of an Italian calzone. Only different crust and a different cheese inside. Very tasty. Stricklands got different food and were not has happy as we were. My feet, legs etc and Martha's were about worn out and it was about to get dark so we headed back to the dinghy dock and returned to the boat. Tomorrow is supposed to be rainy and bad so we expect to stay aboard and read or do cleaning or some of both. On the up side tomorrow is supposed to be 70 degrees which would be our warmest day yet.