Day 349 - River Forest Loop to Seven Sisters Islands, FL
Day 349 - Monday, April 10th: Today was not a long travel day, so we arose leisurely in the nice anchorage and were treated to a morning song from a sandhill crane that was strutting around in the backyard of the new house on the bank. It was a very loud song, and a very large bird! Here is a picture out of the bird book.
Again, there was a slight mist on the river:
The next thing that happened was this curious alligator came along:
He did a very strange thing. Watch. First, he discovered the float on our anchor trip line (it's a half gallon milk jug):
He moved in for a close look:
Then, he went over and bumped it. Yes, bumped it!
He seemed to lose interest when he realized he couldn't eat it and swam away. Strange!
Bill did a little more maintenance in the engine room, including changing the engine zinc and checking for leaks in the various systems.
We got underway about 10:00am and resume our cruise northward. We soon passed an apartment complex with lots of tiny covered slips full of deck boats and pontoon boats:
There were about three of these sheds in the complex.
A little farther along, we passed this community of waterfront homes. We couldn't help comparing these "double-wides" with the multi-million dollar homes of Miami Beach and Ft. Lauderdale:
Next, we came to a fish camp that provided covered slips for its guests. This being a Monday, most fishermen were back home working:
The dreaded wind had picked up to about 25 knots out of the northeast as we headed out onto Lake George, the ten-mile long 5.5-mile wide natural lake. It was a bit rough with about two-foot seas on our starboard bow:
Once off the big lake, we passed through the little town of Georgetown. It was sort of pretty with modest but nice homes along the river:
We soon passed back through the town of Welaka and went a few miles further to Seven Sisters Islands. This is a group of seven islands that form a delightful maze of great anchorages. We picked one that was out of the wind and current and dropped the hook, our trip line and the trip line float. Here's the float:
The view to the northeast was pristine…
…as was the view to the south. Bill thought he could still see anvil clouds from the storm two days ago:
We noticed this tiny grassy island nearby; it was sort of unusual. We think the "grass" is water hyacinth:
A little later, it had moved! It was a floating clump of stuff (Editor's note: "Stuff" is a technical boating term...):
Happy hour, supper, some log writing and to bed.
Position tonight: N29 34.246 W081 41.139
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