Bridge of Liars: In an earlier blog, we mentioned getting caught unaware that the Bridge of Lions at St. Augustine would be closed from 8 pm Monday to S am on Saturday. As we were docked in St. Augustine waiting to go north, we saw the bridge open at least once or twice every day to let their buddies through. On Saturday morning, without notice, one sailboat hailed it and it opened at 7:30 for them. Who knew. But the funniest was the freudian slip by one sailboat that shall remain nameless, calling them the Bridge of Liars. I suspect that several days of watching the bridge open for insiders was a little too much for that guy. Keep in mind, never once was this bridge closing announced by the Coast Guard in their daily notices. The bridge was to be open from last Saturday at 8 am until Monday at 8 pm, when it would again close for the week. So the bridge likely had a lot of traffic with nearly two weeks of normal traffic jammed into three days. About noon on Sunday, the Coast Guard announced that the bridge would be unexpectedly closed from noonish until 3 for the "Blessing of the Boats." Still never mentioned that it closed for the week on Monday! Guess they don't really like boat traffic.
As we were all motoring around waiting for the Bridge to open Saturday morning, one of the boaters quipped that it looked like a restart in Daytona.
Restaurants we liked in St. Augustine: Casa Maya--really good. Bistro De Leon and Tasting Room
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I think I hear some banjo music. Nah, couldn't be - could it?
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