Sunrise . . . Sunset on the St. Johns River

 

We departed Jekyll Island airport and headed south to Huguenot Park which is situated on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the St. John’s River. Huguenot is a Duvall County park which offers primitive RV sites with no hookups. We were amazed and delighted to find ourselves parked facing a large body of water – the St. Johns River – through our windshield again. We were close, too, and though the sand looked soft, it was not and supported our fifteen tons well.

                  

We enjoyed watching the gulls that nearby campers were feeding.  George got a photo of the gull that caught the food being pursued by the others.  We walked over to the Atlantic beach side of the park before returning to the coach for another sunset over the water.

                  

                  

Across the river we could see Naval Station Mayport which is the Navy’s third largest fleet station.

                  

We awoke the next morning to a pretty awesome sunrise. 

                 

After Huguenot we spent two nights at a commercial RV park just south of downtown Jacksonville. We had intended to bike the down town river walk, but an arctic front and gale force winds made it too cold and windy for biking. Tomorrow we head for Sebastian Inlet State Park below Cape Kennedy, so we’re hoping for warmer weather.