Days 100-01 We've got mail...

Yesterday (Day 100) we loaded the dingy onto its "home" on the swim platform before leaving Green Cove Springs because we do not anticipate using it for a few days. We covered the 25 miles to Ortega Landing where we had left 10 days earlier to go up the St. Johns River. Our round trip from Ortega Landing to Sanford and back was about 280 miles, which does not include dingy trips of perhaps another 25 miles. In cooler weather when we would not need to run the generator for AC, we could easily have spent several more weeks exploring. In short, I think that it is likely that we will come back here again...

We arrived at Ortega Landing Marina about 12:45 pm just as the rain started and also just in time for a nap. We did have mail waiting for us at the marina. Our snail mail address for the town house in League City is actually a UPS Pack and Mail Store. Whenever, we can plan far enough ahead, we have them forward the mail. We also had ordered a part for the generator, and it had also arrived. Then we took the electric scooters to Enterprise Rent-A-Car to pick up, of all things, a rental pickup truck. I'm not sure about the significance of renting a pickup other than it is the Admiral's birthday on Sunday. Could I be in for a surprise or perhaps trouble??? Well, we then went out for dinner and then a movie. "We're the Millers" is really funny although the language was often crude. The movie theater has 20 screens, but it is over 10 miles away, which is well outside the range of our electric scooters. The movie ended at about 10:00 pm so it ended up being a long day.

Day 101 (today) started a little later than normal as we both slept in a little. Then it was down to the engine room to start installing the new solenoid for diesel fuel shutoff for the generator. Of course, after an hour or so, we needed to go to West Marine and ultimately Ace Hardware for some additional bolts, washers, etc. Along the way, we happened upon a Mexican restaurant just in time for lunch. Later, we went to the movies again and saw "The Butler", which was long but quite interesting from a historical perspective.

We plan to spend 2 more nights at Ortega Landing Marina before we start our journey north up the Atlantic coast.