We are in the St. Johns River! Left Palm Cove Marina this morning and meandered slowly up to the junction of the Intercoastal and the St. Johns river, then turned left to enter the river itself. It is Saturday, so lots of fishermen out on the river, as well and smaller pleasure boats. However, we had heard that from Jacksonville to the Atlantic is a major commercial waterway and that we needed to watch out for large ships. We saw a couple being loaded at docks along the way, but didn't actually meet any in the water. Did travel with dolphins much of the way. Got here mid-afternoon, fairly shallow getting into the Ortega River from the St. Johns, but the guy here at the marina was good to tell us exactly where to go. Only problem was a multitude of crab pots in the water between where we were and where we wanted to be. Made it difficult to steer directly for the house with the white roof on shore. We did make it safe and sound. We are at the end of a dock, and passing boaters can give us quite a wake. Amazing how many boats don't slow down when going by a marina.
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One of the bridges over the St .Johns River
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| Many yards along the St. Johns with containers, facilities to load and unload large ships |
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| Maxwell House Coffee plant here in Jacksonville |
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| One view of Jacksonville as we approached. |
Walked up into town, there is a shopping centre with a nice grocery store, pharmacy and West Marine within a couple of blocks, lots of other stores as well. Met Jim from Crawdad at West Marine, they are at the marina next door. He is making some repairs, if they work they will leave in the morning, if not, he will still be making repairs tomorrow, will check to see if they are still there. Plan to stay here tomorrow, do a few things on the boat and see more of Jacksonville.
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