NOTE: Blogger pictures are acting quite strange. Not sure how to fix. If you click ONCE on a picture, a series of all pictures will come up - but only when particular pictures are clicked! Today, for example, you can click on the first picture and see what I mean.
We spent a third night at Welaka as the weather was not very nice for traveling. It rained on and off most of the day (fortunately there was a window of opportunity to ride to Shrimps R Us for lunch without getting too wet). Storms were predicted so it was a good day to hide in the front cabin and read! Steve spent some time fishing but again - no catching! There are supposed to be fish around where we are tonight - we'll see.
Up early this morning as the weather is still a bit unsettled and we wanted to cross Lake George early in the day. This lake is the second largest lake in Florida at 10 miles long and 4 miles wide. It's only about 10 feet deep which makes it get rough very quickly. Ended up with 1 foot waves almost broadside but pleasant enough. The St. Johns River is now quite narrow as we are only about 15 miles from the end of the navigable portion of the river. Alligators were pretty easy to spot with some lying along the bank and others swimming in the water. The water hyacinth along the river is a serious problem as it continues to grow and close the smaller waterways. We think this guy was spraying something to control the growth but we're not sure.
Wildlife is everywhere. Alligators next to the boat, buzzards sitting on shore as well as sharing a tree with what we think were egrets. Osprey are everywhere - and Steve spotted a manatee to boot!
Our second water rescue (well, a tow, really) happened today. A couple of fishermen on a pontoon boat flagged us down as their engine wouldn't start. We ended up towing them about 8 miles up the river - saved them a $500 tow bill as the guy didn't have tow insurance. I think he was happy to see us :-) So we are docked at Hontoon State Park - more on that tomorrow.
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