Still cold outside and the wind is really blowing. I looked on the weather websites and it said 18 to 20 knots with gusts up to 35, the boat is healing over without even putting up the sails.The jib sail has been up and down all day.. We have had 3 to 4 foot following sea's and it is a gray day. You know the kind of day that just makes you go blah...Not many boats were out today the wind was wicked. When we passed thought Fernandina Beach we saw a few things left from the storm early this summer, the one we were on the edge of. First was a sunken sailboat you can only see the mast and the other was a bridge mostly under water.We also passed a Navy and Coast Guard base with some big ships and a submarine, looked hard to see it in the pictures.. The current on the water way was very strong and when we were heading into it, Carl said he had had enough for the day.So we looked for a anchorage and found one down the river about 10 miles. The information on Skipper Bob's book was very confusing as to which way to enter this anchorage and we ran aground, but the current was so swift we got off it easy. We then passed under a bridge where the current was really nasty, looking for a place to stop. The next anchorage was not for 15 miles and there wasn't enough light left in the day to get there, so we saw some condos with docks and we pulled in . We figured no body would notice us so we could get away with one night.. NO SUCH LUCK... As soon as we got all tied up there was knock on the cabin top and Bob from the dock master's office was there to collect. Carl told him we didn't know it was a marina and we were on the end of our trip, not much money left and we couldn't pay,so where was there an anchorage. Bob tells Carl how to get into the anchorage we ran aground in and Carl says thanks we will leave. I say not till I take Bella ashore to potty.. Bella and I take longer ashore then we should have which turned out to be a good thing. Bob comes back and says he talked to the dock master and if we were leaving in the morning and didn't plug into the eclectic we could stay... Yeah baby you rock... Oh happy day...Luck in again on our side...I tell Bob he will be in my blog in the morning and he says no!!!! Don't tell anyone or the other boaters coming in later, we agree not to tell anyone at the dock.. So needless to say I can't tell you where we were only near Jacksonville.. A guy named Jim from Colorado docked next to us in a 29 ft. sailboat and I invited him to dinner.We never told him abut the dock.. Mums the word.. I made pasta and we had a wonderful evening chatting with him and sharing stories.. NOAA had said there would be Gale winds after midnight and they were pretty high, sure glad we were on the dock. This morning we had Jim over for breakfast and we all left the dock. Nice to see the water has calmed down and the winds have too. Today we hope to make it to David and Cece's home in St. Augustine...