2/26/2019; Dr's Lake, Florida

Not really a lake, 'cause it is openly attached to the St Johns River; in today's PC speak it is an inlet. Heck of a conversation starter, eh? Anyway, Scooter and crew departed good  ol' Palatka again this morning and headed north. Kind of a grey and dreary day on the river. A bit of rain here and there, some wind generated chop ( not suey, Chuckie, waves), but all in all, not a bad ride. Plan is, weather permitting, to go thru the FEC RR bridge tomorrow between 1145 and 1300, then thru the Jacksonville harbor complex to Sisters Creek; hang a left and park for the night at the Jacksonville City dock. Forecast calls for T-storms and rain most of the day, so we'll have to see how it goes.

Before Scooter left for this voyage, the crew updated the electronic navigation equipment. Garmin was the stuff of choice at the time. After many miles of hair tugging, some impolite mumbling, and a lot of experimenting, we finally got the nav units to operate together; as in display the same thing at the same time. The upper station unit showed the boat on land, but with depth numbers, while the lower unit showed us in the water. Now, we're in the water on both units, but the upper unit still has some "what in the ..... is that all about" stuff going on. Talking to the support folks is a blast. We'll get'er done, somehow, sometime.

Thoughts on the St Johns River; big in the northern end, small in the beginning, Interesting and scenic after Palatka, not so much before that; Like everywhere else, some really nice folks here, and, some not so much. The hard hits that the hurricanes dealt out are  quite evident in a lot of places, as are the efforts to get it all put back together; most places.

By the end of the week Scooter should be in St Augustine or Daytona Beach... who knows for  sure at this point; South, anyway Catch you on the flip side.