This was the young man who helped us with everything. His name is Josh. He didn't like having his picture taken, but let me take it anyway. He is going to college and eventually wants to work on marine diesel engines. He wants to work with his hands and be outside and not in an office. I liked how he had a plan for himself. We had such a nice conversation!
Josh told me this was the new dock they just built. The owners have been making a lot of new changes. As with most small coastal towns, the recession and other factors have caused a lot of businesses to close. The new owners are trying to build the place back up. I hope they can make it work! I always feel sad when I see these neat towns become like a ghost town!
Here is Dolce Vita getting her water tank filled. The Captain has the chore of filling and emptying the tanks.
Ed is all done with the work and now to pay for it! This is never cheap but this was the most expensive gas we've paid for so far! The gas was a bit over $3.00/gal.
One of my favorite parts of being on the water is all the water fowl. It is absolutely amazing to me to see seagulls all lined up on every pier around and every sea wall!
This place also had a lot of ducks. This was the first time I saw ducks in the ICW.
A Cormorant is drying it's wings in the sun since it doesn't have oil in it's feathers.
After we were done at River Forest Marina we motored out from there and anchored for the night. We read somewhere that at dawn there was a dolphin feeding frenzy in this area. This was one of our reasons for coming here. We did get up at dawn, but no dolphins. I think that it was getting too cold for them and they were headed South like us!
We did get a beautiful sunset and sunrise!
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