A beautiful sight on the water. You really have to look close to see where the land ends and the water begins. There were all kinds of sounds last night from frogs croaking, gaters grunting (mating season) and this morning the sound of woodpeckers at work.
Looking toward the mouth of the creek where we entered is our friends Moor $tuff and Lucky One at anchor.
We sat on the sundeck with our breakfast just enjoying the views when these guys came by fishing.
We left the creeks for the river at our normal 9 a.m. with Quest leading the way followed by Lucky One and Moor $tuff. We rounded one bend and encountered this railway bridge that I called for an opening. 
Again we noticed that nearly all the markers had families.
Neat boat houses along the way.
Our convoy as we went up the St. Johns River.
We still had many crab traps to dodge along the way. Seems like the best place to catch them is in the channel! Go figure.
Although we are now getting into old Florida, occasionally we would see a nice place along the water.
We left the river after a few miles and started across Lake George which is very shallow, 9 feet or less, and about 10 miles across and 5 miles wide. Glad we had a good day because this thing could get snotty with wind.
At the southern end of the lake you go through a wooden fence before going back into the river. The fence is for a couple reasons - nasty rocks etc on each side plus it will stop waves in bad weather from damaging the eco system on the other side.
Here we are starting back into the river and it gets narrower and more crooked but still has decent depth.
Wild life is everywhere along the river. Ricki and I didn't see any gators but both of the boats following us did. Cricket tried to get pictures with her new camera but missed so Barb has the only gator pics along this part of the trip.
Old Florida was everywhere. We would travel for miles through nothing but beautiful wilderness and then come into a small village. We expected Indians to come out of the woods anytime in their dugout canoes.
More old Florida.
And still more .....
I had contacted former BYC member Mike who lives on the river in DeLand and he arranged for us to tie up for the night at Hontoon State Park which is across the river from their resort. Mike and Peggy met us at the dock and then joined the six of us for a delightful evening on our sundeck before taking their dinghy back to their boat.
The park has a lot of things including camping which it appears that these Boy Scouts are coming across the river to enjoy. The park also operates a ferry service from the park that crosses the river to DeLand which the six of us will catch tomorrow morning and meet my cousin Dave and Agnes along with Mike and Peggy to go to breakfast.
Although we are now getting into old Florida, occasionally we would see a nice place along the water.
We left the river after a few miles and started across Lake George which is very shallow, 9 feet or less, and about 10 miles across and 5 miles wide. Glad we had a good day because this thing could get snotty with wind.
At the southern end of the lake you go through a wooden fence before going back into the river. The fence is for a couple reasons - nasty rocks etc on each side plus it will stop waves in bad weather from damaging the eco system on the other side.
Here we are starting back into the river and it gets narrower and more crooked but still has decent depth.
Wild life is everywhere along the river. Ricki and I didn't see any gators but both of the boats following us did. Cricket tried to get pictures with her new camera but missed so Barb has the only gator pics along this part of the trip.
Old Florida was everywhere. We would travel for miles through nothing but beautiful wilderness and then come into a small village. We expected Indians to come out of the woods anytime in their dugout canoes.
More old Florida.
And still more .....
I had contacted former BYC member Mike who lives on the river in DeLand and he arranged for us to tie up for the night at Hontoon State Park which is across the river from their resort. Mike and Peggy met us at the dock and then joined the six of us for a delightful evening on our sundeck before taking their dinghy back to their boat.
The park has a lot of things including camping which it appears that these Boy Scouts are coming across the river to enjoy. The park also operates a ferry service from the park that crosses the river to DeLand which the six of us will catch tomorrow morning and meet my cousin Dave and Agnes along with Mike and Peggy to go to breakfast.
After breakfast we will continue on to Sanford where we will stay for a few days. Sounds like haircuts for the ladies and perhaps a trip to Disney World may be in the plans.
Our position tonight is: N 28 58.498 W 81 21.477
Greats Pix!
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