Early in January, one of our grandsons was delivering a car to south Florida and stopped by here for a visit. Always a treat to see our grandkids, especially in the middle of winter.
February was a quiet month, we spent a couple of days visiting some nearby towns for a quilt shop hop.
Janice then took a couple of quilting classes on two Saturdays in Palatka, FL.
Saturday, we and the other volunteer couple here went down to Astor, FL and had lunch at this restaurant on the St. Johns River. After lunch we went across the bridge to take a river boat tour of the St Johns River.
While waiting for the tour to start, we watched them open the bridge to let a sailboat through.
We went up the river past several river front houses, both small and large.
We also saw a lot of boats, both small and large.
We detoured off the river and up Blue Creek. That was the best part of the tour, with a lot of birds, turtles, alligators and even a couple of manatees.
It was fun seeing a couple of manatees swimming along side of us.
Looks like someone is enjoying a fish meal.
On the way home, Janice and I stopped at the Salt Springs Recreation Area. There are seven springs under the water in front of Janice that produce 59 million gallons a day at 72 degrees. Many of the manatees winter near here in the warm water.
Gas, here, went form $3.59 to $3.99 on Friday. Hope diesel prices go down before we head north.
