May 1 & 2, 2017 – Monday & Tuesday
Leaving before sunrise, we enjoyed a very placid Monday morning as we passed the wetlands, forests, and birds along the Matanzas River. This portion of our trip took us very close to the Atlantic Ocean, past historical Saint Augustine, under the Bridge of the Lions, and past the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve. We left the ICW at mile marker 740 and entered the Saint Johns River traveling west to Jacksonville.
We spent a very quiet night at the free Metropolitan Park Marina in Jacksonville and on Tuesday we moved to the Marina at Ortega Landing on the Ortega River. Our plans are to spend a few days here provisioning for our trip up the Saint Johns River.
See you on the water!
Sunrise 6:37 am – Sunset 8:10 pm
• Temp 86 F Hi – 63 F Low – Sunny
• Day 191