So, we had an "on land" interlude in Palatka, Florida. It seems as if it is cold everywhere we go. Where is Palatka, Floridfa? No problem mon, you just go South on the St. Johns river from Jacksonville
; poof, there you are!. Fish, fishing, fishermen, grapefruit & oranges; and, flea markets and yard sales. Unfortunately, I left the camera on the boat, so I did not get any pictures of the area. It looks a lot like Florida; palm trees, flat, dry. What was so unusual was seeing grapefruit & orange trees in everybody's yard, most of them with fruit hanging from them, or lying on the ground. We can
't say thanks enough to Ken & JoAnn for providing us with boat taxi service, apple pie, lemon meringue pie & lots of laughs.
; poof, there you are!. Fish, fishing, fishermen, grapefruit & oranges; and, flea markets and yard sales. Unfortunately, I left the camera on the boat, so I did not get any pictures of the area. It looks a lot like Florida; palm trees, flat, dry. What was so unusual was seeing grapefruit & orange trees in everybody's yard, most of them with fruit hanging from them, or lying on the ground. We can
't say thanks enough to Ken & JoAnn for providing us with boat taxi service, apple pie, lemon meringue pie & lots of laughs.In spite of the rainy forecast and dripping clouds, we departed Palatka this morning for Jacksonville. 67nm later we are anchored behind Little Marsh Island just north of the city. We have to run thru the port along the St. John's river. The scenes you get to see are a marvel as well as a tribute to man's ingenuity. Scooter's crew watched these "dock dinos" working some container ships as we eased by. A container equivalent in size to an 18 wheeler is plucked from the stack & either unloaded or put on the ship in a matter of minutes; no visible people around anywhere.
Tomorrow will see Scooter back on the ICW headed for St Augustine and other points south. We are hoping for warmer air again; seems to be a perpetual hope right now. we had a small taste of it on Wednesday when it hit 81 degrees, 'Course it then rained, thundered & blew until today. Next item of interest will occur when Scooter runs out of CNG(compressed natural gas). all the places where we planned to get out tanks refilled suddenly don't exist anymore. I shudder to think what is going to transpire when we can't have coffee in the morning. Does mutiny still exist?
Stay tuned, we'll get more stuff headed your way ASAP. Stay warm & safe. FYI in case I forgot to mention it; or, conversely forgot that I did mention it, double clicking on the photos will usually enlarge them. Pics outside any text don't seem to expand. I've got my people looking into it
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