We have reached the beautiful city of Sanford, on Monroe Lake. This is as far south as we can come on the St. Johns River, from here we will point our nose northward and head for home. Left Hontoon Island State Park this morning, cooler this morning, w…
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Dania Beach, FL – 4/4/11 & 4/5/11
Monday 4/4/11 Huen took me into Ft. Lauderdale early to pick up our car we have rented for the month. After I returned, Ricki & Barb took it to the laundromat. Since I was feeling a little down in the dumps and lacked inclination to do anything, I …
Hontoon Island State Park, Deland, Florida
Got up this morning to cloudy skies, still warm air. By 8:30, the storm had arrived. Winds, thunder and lightening, lots of rain. Luckily this dock is well-protected and secure, we sat on the back deck of the boat, drank our coffee and watched the stor…
Tuesday, 4/5/11
Patrick AFB Marina near Melbourne, Fl. Nasty weather day with heavy rain and strong gusty winds. We ate breakfast and lunch aboard, but after the rain subsided we went to the base mess hall which is called the Riverside Dining Facility for dinner. It’s run by ARA and not military cooks; not M’s homecooking. It overlooks […]
Monday 4/4/11
Patrick AFB Marina, Fl Very windy today. Whitecaps out on Banana River and palm trees swaying to and fro. We’re glad we’re not tugging today. There’s a Riverside Dining Facility that we can dine on military fare at discounted prices. Many other military bases like Norfolk, Quantico and the Groton sub base have eliminated the […]
Hontoon State Park, Deland, Florida
We are docked at the greatest place, a state park with good docks, electricity, good protected spot along the St Johns River. And they only charge $20 per day to dock here. We left Georgetown this morning after one of the rougher nights we have spent o…
Dania, FL – 4/3/11
Harbour Town Marina was having a BBQ today and Huen needed to take his “old” boat over for a pump out in preparation of listing it with his broker so Skip & Barb and Ricki & I joined him on the voyage over there. Hardly a trip into the AICW i…
Sunday, 4/3/11
N 28’24.500′/W 080′ 36.000′ Left Sabastian Inlet Marina at 8:25 heading north. Sunny, winds 17 knots from the North with a light chop. Another God blessed day! We are docked at Patrick AFB Marina on the Banana River off the ICW. This is a very lovely marina protected from any rough waters. We are thankful for […]
Georgetown Marina, Georgetown, Florida
Thought we would leave by 8 this morning, but thick fog when we got up, so waited until about 9 for it to lift. Once it lifted, beautiful sunny warm day. At Palatka, the St. Johns River narrows, so we travelled on a winding very pretty waterway, trees,…
Dania Beach, FL – 4/1 11 & 4/2/11
Friday – 4/1/11 Another hot day so we stayed close to the boat today. Huen is still moving his stuff from his old boat to the new boat and Skip & I helped for awhile. It is had to believe that he accumulated all that stuff in just 2 years. He is ha…
