Annual Boat Migration

This time of year one notices that the lift bridges like the Bridge of Lions in St. Augustine are getting a lot of use.  Boat traffic increases in the fall as northern boaters come south to take advantage of our relatively warmer weather and sunshine.  Some owners have their boats transported south on semi trailers for large boats or trail small boats behind their cars or RV's.  The really large vessels, however, get to navigate the north/south boat highway that runs down the east coast of the United States.  The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway was conceived by Congress in 1826 as a way to assist commerce.  The idea was for a system of natural waterways and dug canals to be so connected that vessels could navigate without the hazards of the open sea.  Smaller non ocean going vessels could be used to haul freight from New York to the Gulf of Mexico.  Today around 3,000 miles of inland waterway exist allowing boats to travel from Boston, Massachusetts to Key West, Florida.   You can even cross the state of Florida at around Stewart on the east coast to Fort Myers on the west coast crossing Lake Okeechobee.   Railroads have taken a lot of the commercial traffic leaving the waterway for pleasure boaters.  As a guy who has spent his life around boats this migration is like a very enjoyable parade.

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