Visiting Friends

(Mayport Naval Station, Jacksonville, FL)  Hi 83 Lo 68 -- It was foggy when we got up, and it started getting very humid so we turned on the air conditioner to cool things down.

The park events calendar had a social scheduled for this morning, which included a talk titled "Deck Hands".  We thought it may have something to do with life on a Navy ship or something like that. But it ended up being a sales pitch for a local RV maintenance company that specializes in roof and seal maintenance. It was good, though, because Jim has been wanting to have our roof inspected professionally. The guy came by our rig and gave it a close going over, with Jim looking over his shoulder. The great news is our roof and all the side areas with caulking are in overall good shape. He did point out a few places that need attention where the caulking was deteriorating or there were gaps in the sealing. His rates were pretty good so we made an appointment for him to come back to make the repairs before we leave on Monday. It was a good learning experience for Jim as he now knows what to look for.

At noon we left to go to pick up Bill and Diane. They're full timers we met last year at Goshen, IN. They're at Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park, just a few miles from us, in their Dutch Star motorhome. It was so good to see them again and spend some time catching up.

Bill and Diane

We went to Mambo's for lunch. It's a Cuban restaurant in nearby Atlantic Beach. We both had "Cubans," Jim's a traditional sandwich and mine a wrap. They're made with pork, ham, cheese, pickles, and a special mustard. It was our first time trying Cuban food, and it was excellent!

Cuban wrap.

Cuban sandwich.

We went back to their motorhome for more visiting, then left and went grocery shopping. I'm hoping this will be the last time we get groceries till we get to our winter site in Avon Park.

We didn't see much ship traffic on the St. John's River today.

This one was an ocean-going barge being pushed and pulled by tugs.


This one has been in the river for a couple weeks. Our neighbors told us it's dredging the inlet. It leaves once in a while to dump it's load of bottom sand somewhere, then comes back for more dredging.

We were corrected in the comments section that the Navy ship in the photo on last night's blog is a Ticonderoga Class Cruiser, not a destroyer as we mistakenly said. Thanks for the correction. We didn't see many ships in our Air Force life. :)