12-13 January, 2020 Long bike riding and back on anchorage

12th.  12 mile bike ride on the rental bikes and a one mile walk back to the boat from bike shop. Contemporary church service at 0830 @ 1st Baptist, Rode 5 more miles to an archeology state park.
A National Historic Landmark, this 61-acre, pre-Columbian, Native American site has burial mounds, temple/platform mounds, a plaza area and a substantial midden.(state park)  We hiked all around and visited the visitor center and observed the exhibits.  Recommend if you are in this area.

Then rode back to town and played tourists and walked around all of the various shops of Crystal river.  Warm and sunny day--upper 70s.  Dropped the bikes back at bike shop and hoofed back to the boat.

13th.  Took the golf cart to the Save-a-lot shopping center and then I walked 1.2 miles to ACE hardware.  Cart not allowed any further.  POC walked around the shops.  At ACE purchased two one pound propane bottles and three o-rings for the diesel and fresh water filler caps.  Old seals are deteriorating.  Hoofed it back and POC was ready and we got three bags of ice and retuned to the marina.  Make ready for getting underway.  POC filled the fresh water tank and disconnected and stowed shore power while I replaced the o-rings.  Preparations and inspections complete, on a rising tide we untied the lines at 1445, heading down Crystal river toward the gulf.  We returned to our 1st night anchorage of 9 January, this time I am more shoreward of the channel.  Dropped the hook, backed down and shut off the diesel at 1555.  Ripping flood tide but good hold in 8 feet of water. SST 74 degrees.

Looks to be beautiful evening

Anticipate getting underway pre-sunrise tomorrow and making the 58 mile journey to the Tarpon Springs area.  Weather seems good now, final check tomorrow.

1.2 engine hours; 5 Sm

1302.2 hobbs; 1395 sm elapsed.