Anastasia SP Day 2

 One of the things I noticed was how cold the air/wind was compared to SFL.  The ocean was fine at 71F, but the wind was cooler than the water and blowing about 15mph.   This was good to keep the bugs down, but the wind was not helping the waves as it made them fairly choppy.

Slept in a bit, had my coffee and sauntered over to the beach around 9:30.  I knew the wind would be sideshore as it was the night before too, so wasn't in a hurry.   I had forgotten my wetsuit, so it was going to have to be pretty good for me to be cold as the last thing anyone needs now is a cold or fever.

I love how undeveloped this beach is!  This is looking north toward the inlet.

Notice how many more clouds in this pic from the last one.   It was less than 10 min later.  These clouds were pretty low and moving fast with the cool damp air. This is walking back through the dunes to the parking lot.

With one bike having a leaky tire, no long rides in the mix for today, so we walked about a mile south on the beach and had lunch at Little Margies FA Cafe as it wasn't a chain or high dollar place, it was convenient, and had good reviews.   The menu was quite varied as Naya had Chicken Wings, I had Manhattan Clam Chowder (hardly ever can find this in a restaurant!), and Lucy had a Filipino dish of Pancit with shrimp. 

North side of St. Augustine pier.  Surf was about 2-4 foot.  I watched some guys out, but no one was getting good waves so I felt better about not going out.

Two Chinook helicopters went over fairly low.  Constantly in production since 1961, they are the US military's heavy lift copters.  If you have ever seen one up close, they are pretty big with a fuselage of 52 ft or over twice as long as the Space Pineapple!  It can hold up to 55 troops in it...

Anyway, it's impressive when they came down the beach.  We had a nice leisurely walk back up the beach with Lucy shooting lots of bird videos and us looking for shells.  Great way to relax and kill an afternoon.

This basket, I don't even recall where I got it, but it's super useful with the campfire.   On the grate this evening is a Dominican Sausage coil.   It was pretty tasty and we had a nice salad with it.

The Pineapple LED is also of great use as it's become our campground light as it's fairly bright but the yellow and green keep it from being too glaring.   just a low key evening for the three of us, sitting around burning wood and chatting.