Life on Zingara

Here are some pictures at the Marina at Ortega Landing: the clubhouse from the docks Inside the fabulous second floor meeting room View of the marina from the second-floor deck.  Zingara is out there somewhere. Another view of the pool and hot tub . OH!   Here she is!  Amongst all the big boats. January 28th -- Here are a couple of pictures, after 3+days of rain! Fabulous sunset view! So, now the plan is:  As  we need to meet with John Shanahan, and a couple of friends from Michigan, on Saturday, we'll stay here until (Super Bowl) Sunday.  We'll travel back up the St. John River, towards the Timucuan Preserve,  then cut south to Jacksonville Beach.   Then on to St. Augustin. 

  We left Jekyll Island with great memories, and proceeded down the IntraCoastal.  We ended up docking at Amelia Island Marina. After an unexciting borrowed-car trip to Fernandina Beach for Happy Hour, we spent a quiet evening on Zingara. We got up early, and continued down to Jacksonville!  Finally!   We'll be staying here for a week.  Rick wants to do some painting and varnishing, plus we need to have the propeller replaced.   Also, we heard that this mariana is supposed to be one of the best --- with a swimming pool,etc.  This sounds so great!  Can't wait! Coming into Jacksonville on St. John's River Murals on Industrial Silos along the way Jacksonville Landing (1) Jacksonville Landing (2) Jacksonville Landing (3) -- at the center of Downtown And, thankfully, The Marina at Ortega Landing is everything that was promised! After a great night's rest, Rick got up to organize his ...

We really liked Jekyll Island, and our marina, so we stayed another day/night.  Rick got in "a real" bike ride, moving our bicycle down from the flying bridge, so that he could use it. Here's a picture of Rick (from Tuesday, Jan. 8th that I forgot to post) riding the bike up on the flying bridge. It was such a beautiful day, --- I decided that it was a great day for a walk to the grocery store "downtown". Wow!  It was so amazing!  I wish my trip to the Milford Kroger Store looked like this. What a wonderful Mall! The mall's east end was the beach ---> where I meet Rick, at his half-way point around the Island. (I thought I took his picture, but I guess not). Looks just like Lake Michigan to me! We enjoyed another marvelous Happy Hour at Zachry's,   Zachry's is that white building beyond the marsh grass did a little exploring,  footprints in the sand, along side the mussel beds returned to our boat,  a...

19-01-09 Good morning!   Weighed anchor by 8 this morning.  Here's a picture of the Birthday Boy, having his coffee in the sunrise light! We're planning on being to Jekyll island (during high tide, which we need, cuz of shallow  parts of the Intracoastal) by 10:30.  We're planning on docking at the marina, then exploring the island on our bikes. We also may need to pick up some milk  Along the Intracoastal .... to Jekyll Island.  Bald eagle Amazing sky! Pictures from our day on Jekyll Island Bikes from the Marina The Jekyll Island Club Resort The Cherokee Cottage Driftwood beach Riding Bikes on the Beach Queen of Thrones Jellyfish Celebrating Rick's Birthday at Zachry's Riverhouse, connected to the our Marina. Peel-N-Eat shrimp!