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| The town pier is quite long, and well used by people fishing |
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| We do seem to take up the whole dock |
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| Sulphur spring |
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Water runs from the spring to the pool, then out into the St. Johns river
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| The Presbyterian church in town, built in 1884, is on the National Register of Historic places. |
Today dawned cloudy, cool and windy this morning. We heard waves slapping the outside of the docks all last night with the winds. Cool enough this morning that I baked muffins, first in a while. After lunch winds calmed down, as did the waves so we decided to move on another 10 miles to Green Cove Springs. Arrived mid-afternoon after a nice trip. Lots of crab traps out to thread our way among. A man from Fish and Wildlife service told us that it is the season for a soft shell crab and that people come from all over to try to get them here; that's why so many traps. Green Cove Springs is a town of about 6,000 people. It was first inhabited over 7000 years ago by natives drawn by the warm sulphur springs. The town still uses the spring, they have built a cement surround, then funneled the water into a swimming pool, the overflow from the swimming pool runs out into the St. John river. It is indeed a sulphur spring, the smell is quite strong around the spring. The town has a beautiful park on the waterfront and around the spring, part of that waterfront is a long pier with a few docks at the end. Our book said that only the dock on the north or south ends have enough water for a boat like ours, luckily the dock on the north end was empty and we docked there. It is the cruise line dock, not sure what kind of a cruise ship because our boat takes the whole dock, but it is a good dock and we are glad to have it. Walked up into town, visited a few stores and got a few supplies we were lacking. Very pretty town. Forecast for tomorrow is for thunderstorms and showers so we'll see whether we move on or not in the am.
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