PALATKA to JACKSONVILLE (Ortega Landings Marina) / Saturday and Sunday, March 5-6 (Days 44-45)

Admiral's Log:   8:20 am, Sat., 3/5/16

                         Temp:   47

                         Winds:   calm

                         Speed:   8.3 knots

We cruised north, back up the St. John's River to Ortega Landings at 1:45. We loved this marina so much, we thought we'd stay two nights. We did a little laundry, which was free! Made a Publix run, well walk actually. So nice it is close enough to walk to, and took luxurious showers. 

We saw "Salty" again at the marina. I figured it was meant to be that we meet him. I introduced myself and found out the couple in the boat are from Oregon and not the same guy we saw the first time. The owner of the boat is a guy named John and lives in Melbourne. He and the Oregonian couple, Mike and Karen, swap boats (C-Dory's) once a year. This is their second time to Florida and John has gone to Oregon and used their boat on a river were they keep it docked. Another case of small world. They came over for cocktails and a tour of our boat. 

We fixed grouper fingers (we brought from home) and watched the Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes. Nine wins in a row, GO BOLTS!

Sunday was more of the same. Mike rode a marina bike to Tiffany's, imagine that. I did more laundry and walked to Publix again. 

We cleaned the boat inside real good. Then we were pretty sorry after that. Mike watched golf, I read and worked on bog. We fixed chicken salad for dinner and watched a movie on Netflix.