Actually that was a fairly calm day. We usually go down the coast overnight in the dark, so we don't see the lighthouse much (except the light). We did once see a man come out of the inlet in a sailboat and struggle to put his sails up, but he was too far away to get a good picture. That picture was zoomed and cropped as far as could be done - as was the one of the sailboat going out the inlet.
There have been lots of stories of people who came to grief on the rock jetties of this inlet.
After we finished taking pictures of the inlet, we drove down to Miami and stayed a couple of days doing the grandchildren thing. We went to the Chihuly at Fairchild exhibit
at the insistance of this grandchild who was sure we would love it, and wanted to go back (she had been once)
And of course she was right
This was another occasion where I took over 100 pictures and Bob even took some.
Then we drove to Winter Haven via Lake Okeechobee and visited Highland's Hammock State Park on the way. They have a great exhibit on the CCC which of course also built Fort Clinch on Amelia Island.
While we were in Winter Haven, we drove by the old Cypress Gardens (which we visited in 1965 when it was just a water ski place), and went to see Spook Hill and Bok tower in Lake Wales (which were also on the 1965 trip)
We happened to be there on the anniversary of Mr. Bok's death and there was a special carillon concert. I watched the carillon player on the TV (outside under a tent), but Bob just sat in the gardens and listened.
After that, we drove to Amelia Island (we met and had lunch with some friends in Ocala on the way) where we traded in one rental car for another.
Long story short - it would have cost more than twice as much to rent a car for two weeks from Ft. Lauderdale where we got off the cruise ship to Leonardtown MD as it did to rent a car from Ft. Lauderdale to Amelia Island and then get another rental car to drive from Amelia Island to Leonardtown. Crazy right?