Wednesday, June 10, 2026

30 May 2026 Sanford: Drive, Stop, Drive, Stop, Repeat

 


Our trip back to Sanford began with the breaking down of the tents.  The volunteers we spoke with recommended the Sisters Creek area so we added that you our set of get out and stretch stops.  Then through Jacksonville too the next stop Hays Creek.  A fine three days!


Lots of informations on this map, expertely narrated by Ken


Tasty fish, tasty fish tasty fish




From the board walk over the water


Spoonbills followed us over


Sturdy privy


A lone park bench


A great place to eat an entire bag of oysters


This ship has not sailed, it sank


Even the birds fish here


Good fish habitat


An abandoned factory


Over the St. Johns river


All tied up


Ken said that they removeds three of these cranes due to the lack of shipping


Jax in the distance




The Maxwell House Coffee building


Dragons


The new Jacksonville


Night Heron


What the duck?


Its a bold bean indeed


Bulls Hit Ranch and Farm.  With a big blue ox on top and a sign indicating home of the Bull Chips


Almost to Hay Creek and we come upon this dock, toxic blue-green algae is in the area


That explains the vultures


Chomp chomp


Good place to camp and sail Ken will keep this in mind


The start of the boardwalk


Cormorant


In the foliage


A slow moving creek if I have ever seen one


Zigging and zagging


No one else was here


A night heron to keep us company


Swampy


Duckweed


Ken off to the right side


Vines


A heavy burden of epiphytes 


We did not get into this restaurant, despite the great name, instead we went across the street for a delightful lunch



  It has been 3 years and 355 days since we began our Migration