DAY SEVEN -- ST. AUGUSTINE TO FERNANDINA BEACH

                             DAY SEVEN -- ST. AUGUSTINE TO FERNANDINA BEACH

            Tom and Cathy rode on the boat with us today from the Camachee Cove Marina in St. Augustine up to the city marina in Fernandina Beach -- a run of about 59 miles. It was fun for them because they know the area and drive over the bridges and past the houses backing up to the Intracoastal that we got to see from the water. 

            We left the Camachee Cove Marina at 9:45 and were docking at the Fernandina Beach City Marina at 2:15. We got to see a variety of scenery, including all the nice houses along Roscoe Road backing up to the Intracoastal, how the landscape changed to one of salt marshes starting around Jacksonville, an ocean-going oil tanker heading out to sea down the St. Johns River,


a big traffic jam in the intracoastal north of the St Johns River with all the boats heading over to the beaches at Little Talbot Island State Park on Memorial Day Sunday (while fighting a strong outgoing current),


and the paper mills at and shrimp boats at Fernandina Beach (got to love those process industry factories). 



            Once we were settled in, we walked into town to have a drink at the Palace Saloon, which is supposedly the oldest continuously operating bar in Florida (since 1903). We got there in time to watch the last 30-odd laps of the Indy 500, which we didn't plan but was exciting and brought back fond memories of attending past races. Their nephew came to pick up Tom and Cathy at the Palace and drive them back to the Camachee Cove marina to get their car and head home. After Tom and Cathy left, we walked back to the boat to clean up, then walked back into town to have a very nice dinner at Joe's 2nd Street Bistro.


    

Comments

  1. AveryMay 30, 2022 at 8:37 AM

    I can not wait for the photos.

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  2. AshleyMay 30, 2022 at 12:14 PM

    Sounds like a lovely day! Glad you got to have some friends along for a ride.

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    1. Ashley againMay 30, 2022 at 12:17 PM

      Oh and I see you went past American Beach! I read a great children's book about that place recently : Saving American Beach: The Biography of African American Environmentalist MaVynee Betsch

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  3. AnonymousMay 30, 2022 at 4:29 PM

    Sounds wonderful.

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  4. AnonymousMay 31, 2022 at 7:17 AM

    Enjoying hearing about this adventure! Sounds like a wonderful time!

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