Day 261 – Jacksonville Beach to The Marina at Ortega Landing, Jacksonville, FL - March 23, 2012

After six miles on the Intercoastal, we took a left turn and started up the St. John’s River toward Jacksonville.  This is quite a busy shipping port and we saw lots of evidence that ships are loaded and unloaded here.  We hit the tides just right and got an extra push up the river of almost two miles per hour.  We cruised past downtown Jacksonville and into the Ortega River where we will be staying for two nights.

            Miles: 27.5      Bridges: 10      Locks: 0

a cargo barge being towed up the St. John's River - that's a lot
of shipping containers on one barge

with a second tug boat helping, the cargo barge is moved
toward the shore so it can be unloaded

a military ship in drydock

a container ship being loaded

another container ship being loaded

the Dames Point Bridge

another view of the Dames Point Bridge

some of the cranes that load cargo ships

Jacksonville, Florida

the stadium where the Jacksonville Jaguars play football