We had a very quiet day on the water. The wind was non existent and so was the traffic. We followed a fairly slow trawler most of the day and were only passed by two antsy power boats. The trip took us out of the built-up area surrounding Daytona, and very soon we were surrounded by nothing but scrub pines, scruffy palms and lots of sea birds. It is always amazing to cross these expanses of water where the channel is narrow (but sufficiently deep) and the surrounding waters for miles and miles are less than 2 or 3 feet deep. We watched one dolphin apparently "grazing in the shallows" because his fin was above the surface for ten minutes or so as he seemed to be "rutching" (a good Pennsylvania Dutch term) along on the bottom. We had hoped to see the fishing phenomenon outlined in the cruising guide where a bunch of pelicans circle up, flap their wings on the water to corral fish for others that would then dive bomb and feed on them, but no such luck.
We arrived at the Titusville Municipal Marina around 3pm, took on some fuel and tied up next to Andiamo for the next two nights. It was our turn to cook --- I tried to take credit for last night's dinner ashore, but no such luck! We have experienced three short rain showers and are expecting more throughout the night, but are hoping for fair skies for our trip to Cape Canaveral. ~~~_/)~~~M&D
Our early departure was accompanied by a brief sprinkle as we slipped lines, handed off bathroom keys to a dockhand with a long-handled basket on the fuel dock and headed out the entrance channel to the ICW. The skies remained questionable as we headed through the first bridge south of our marina, with occasional brilliant spots of sunshine on some of the high-rises of Daytona Beach.
The rest of the day passed quietly, no rain, spotty sunshine and lots of expansive vistas as we traversed Halifax River, Ponce de Leon Cut, Mosquito Lagoon, Haulover Canal, the Indian River and a creek or two on our way to Titusville, just north of Cape Canaveral. We also watched someone messing with a daytime flare, thus the pink smoke. 
Can't pass through all that expanse of uninhabited waterways without a few shots of waterfowl and the ubiquitous dolphins. I tried to get a decent picture of the white pelicans that are found in the Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River, but they are shier than their cousins the brown pelican, so the shots of them are stretching the capabilities of my little point and shoot. They are amazingly BIG and quite WHITE! 
We also spied a few lovely little islands (most likely the product of the dredging spoils for the ICW) like this one which afforded a couple a quiet getaway for the day.
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