We pushed over the line a little today. Rather than stay on the ICW we took a more scenic route by the Ponce de Leon inlet. The inlet is famous for its shoals and rough water. Today's picture shows our route. We'd hoped to make it by the shoals but instead we were boxed in by them. At the point where we turned around it was a wee bit exciting seeing breakers to the south and nothing but sand bars to the west and north. The troughs of the 2' swell make the bottom that much closer. I'm good with 180 degree turns, don't mind them at all!
Tonight we've anchored bow and stern some 10nm north of Daytona Beach. The waterway is narrow here and the anchorages few and far between. Ours is not a marked anchorage but rather a gut we found just outside the channel markers. Anchoring bow and stern has two advantages. First we won't swing into the channel with a tide or wind change. Second it allows us to point Nellie's nose into the prevailing wind and thus get much needed air flowing through the stateroom. Another 27nm today which brings the total to 652. DBH
