Friday, March 9. 2012

Naval Air Station Jacksonville

Plane coming in for landing right over us.

Jacksonville Sky Line.

We left Georgetown Marina at 8:00 A.M. yesterday morning. We cruised to the free dock at Outback Crab Shack on the Six Mile Creek. We arrived at 3:00 P.M. and headed for the bar for some ice cold refreshments. We sat at the bar talking for a couple of hours and decided to just stay there and eat dinner. So, we moved to a table. We both ordered ribs and after 20 to 30 minutes, the waitress came back and said they were out of ribs because of a big catering job they had just sent out. She was very apologetic and said that if we ordered something else off of the menu, they would take 20% off. So, we ordered the boiled seafood platter that is supposed to feed 2 people. When the waitress brought it out, she said they felt so bad about not having the ribs, they put extra crab legs, shrimp, and crawdads on the platter. It was huge. It would have fed 8 people. When we couldn't eat any more, the waitress brought out an aluminum roasting pan and a piece of foil for the top to take the leftovers back to the boat.

As we were walking back to the boat with the fish, we met two brothers who had just arrived on their sailboat. We stood and talked to them for about an hour. Very interesting people.

This morning, we left Six Mile Creek and headed for Jacksonville. There were a bunch of Naval aircraft flying low and landing and taking off again at the military base in Jacksonville . I took some pictures of the base and the planes. I will try to post them to today's blog. We got to the Jacksonville city dock at noon. The last time we were here, our two boats were the only ones around. This time there are three sailboats and a cruiser here. We've met a couple of the people. The one lady said she had to call a cab the other day to take her husband to the hospital. He has a MRSA virus. She spends all day at the hospital and then the nights on the boat. We feel bad for her.

We get to see Jim McGowan again tomorrow. We visited with him on our way to Sanford and we get to visit with him again tomorrow. He hasn't changed since we were dock neighbors in Cincinnati about 10 years ago. We are looking forward to it.

The winds are supposed to pick up with scattered thundershowers tonight. We are glad to be tied to a dock. We are also glad to be on the move again. Adventure awaits us at every turn.