Sat, March 16, 2019: Astor, Fl to Sanford, Fl
39.88 miles … 6 hours
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| Mike, Rip & Laurie - saying goodbye is so hard. |
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| See ya again ... sooner than later, we hope |
We took a slow cruise to Sanford to
enjoy the sights. Lots of natural landscape, a few populated places and lots of
wildlife. The sound of birds calling was heard clearly over the still &
quiet water.
It is a Saturday; once the sun came out so did a lot of
boats. Fishing boats, speed boats and lots of rental pontoon & rental
houseboats.
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| way too many houseboats ... at least they are at the dock today |
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| rental boat people do not usually know how to boat |
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| lots of folks out fishing |
We passed an interesting boat…
The original plan was to go to Hontoon State Park. Weather
for tomorrow was not great so we passed up on Hontoon and headed straight to
Sanford, Fl. our last and most southern stop on the St John’s.
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| See the Rossi at the dock?? |
Do you see the Rossi we passed?? Sabatical was her name.
Once to Sanford, we hailed the marina of choice for the
night… Monroe Harbour Marina. After confusing info on how to get to our slip
from someone who doesn’t go out on the water … we arrived and were happy to be
next door to friends, Cristina & Tom on Tadhana. We knew they wouldn’t be
back to the boat until tomorrow am. So, a quiet night was in order.
Cally and Aurora (of Tadhana) had several long walks to
parks and through the city. The marina is on;y 2 1/2 blocks from the down town
with stuff, ice cream and restaurants.
We stayed until Tues morning. Sunday night was a fun night
out to a very popular German Restaurant (Hollerbach's Willow Tree Cafe) with
Cristina & Tom. Great food and too much fun to think about taking a
picture. Actually, it was a bit loud with the German Oompah Band to think about
taking a pic. Oh, well… we enjoyed it!
Monday was chores with grocery run (quick & easy with
the help of a car Tom & Cristina have at the marina!! Thanks again guys.)
Monday night will be quiet, dining on board, a little TV and early to bed.
Tomorrow we start north and homeward bound!
Check out our neighbors!!
See the kids up top??
We didn’t have much of a view at this marina as we were
surrounded by 2 75’ boats. But, we could get a glimpse of the Paddle Boat Tour
Boat coming and going. Interesting, per Tom, she is a REAL Paddle Boat with
twin engines and two Paddle Wheels that move her right, left, forward,
backward. Most tour boats have a faux Paddle Wheel for looks but use engines
and propellers like any large vessel.
There were also several “Tiny Houses” that float docked in a
slip for full time residents.
