Beautiful sunny warm day here in Palatka, up in the 80s. This city of about 10,000 is known for its historic homes and churches, and for its murals. There are murals painted on many of the downtown buildings. There are walking tours of historic homes, …
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Sunday, 4/2/11
N 27′ 52.164′/W 080′ 29.652′ — We are at the Sebastian Inlet Marina where we stayed on our trip south on 11/24/10. It feels good to retrace our path and know we are getting closer each day to CT. Today we visited the Farmer’s Market at Fort Pierce marina before departing north. Michelle could have stayed […]
Saturday, 4/1/11
N 27′ 28.217′/ W 080′ 19. 550′ – We were spared any inclement weather other than some distant lightening and wind through the night. It was a smooth departure from Indiantown with a turtle popping his head out of the water who was smiling at us. The skies were cloudy and the St. Lucie canal was very […]
Boat House Marina, Palacta, Florida
We are in the historic town of Palatca, a small town about 25 miles south of Six Mile Creek and the Outback Crab Shack. Sunny this morning, but predictions of high winds this afternoon, so we got up and going early. Very nice ride down here, however th…
Dania Beach, FL – 3/31/11
Today the Cummins mechanic is coming so Barb & Ricki decided that they should go shopping in order to stay out of the way. They borrowed Huen’s truck and took off for the mall at 10 a.m. and the mechanic showed up about 5 minutes later. Apparently …
3/31/11, Thursday
Still at Indiantown Marina. We had a severe weather & tornado watch from 11a.m. to 4p.m. so we stayed put. I jogged into town to see what there was, but there wasn’t much but enough for cruisers to find provisions. A library, gas station, bank, pharmacy, mexican restaurants, p.o., car wash and a convenience store. […]
Outback Crab Shack, St. Augustine, Florida
The Korner Storeand the roosterA little alligator near our dock, he sat very still on this log, guess he hoped he blended into the background well enough that we couldn’t see him. The only movement was the occasional blinkThis turtle was one of many we…
Dania Beach, FL – 3/29/11 & 3/30/11
Tuesday – 3/29/11 Another wet day so not much happening outside the boat. I guess the best part of it was that mother nature washed the boat really good. We did clean the inside of the boat today. For dinner 8 of us ordered ribs from a local restaurant…
Wednesday, 3/30/11
N 27′ 05.650′/ W 080′ 17.819′– We left a very quiet “free” dock at the town boat launch (mile marker 103) just west of the bridge in LaBelle right on the Okeechobee waterway 8:15 a.m. While there, we experienced a mild thunderstorm last night which cooled temperatures for a comfortable night’s sleep. When we awoke we […]
Outback Crab Shack, St. Augustine, Florida
The St. Johns is a long river, one of the few in North America that actually flows north rather than south. Until we get almost to Palatka, it is on average 2 miles wide, so very broad. As we go upstream we are actually travelling south…
