Fernandina, Florida

Our first day back on the boat was a short day. We went from Jacksonville to Fernandina in about 4 hours on ICW. We filled on fuel so now we have about 1125 gal. on. We put on 600 gal. and a sailboat next to us put on 7 gal. Wish we could have paid their bill!!

We also pumped out for the first time, the last time we were off-shore and emptied out that way.

Fernandina is a tourist town. A lot of gift shops and restaurants. Doesn't this sound just like my kind of place! We needed bread so Bob and I walked to the nearest convenience store. The man told us it was just a short 8 blocks. By the time we got there it was over a mile and very warm outside. One thing about walking to the store, you can't carry much so you don't spend much.

On the way back we just happened to pass the oldest saloon in Florida, the Palace Saloon. We thought we better check it out, especially being it was so warm outside. It was the typical old building but cool inside and great refreshments.

There are quite a few shrimp boats in the area so you can buy fresh shrimp easily. We bought about 2 dozen. Bob deveined and boiled them so we had fresh shrimp for an appetizer before we went to have a shrimp supper!