We are still in Jacksonville and expect to be here at least until the end of April. The marina situation traveling north of Virginia does not look promising as Maryland has basically shut everything down on the Chesapeake. We anticipate that when we do have the opportunity to leave, it will primarily be a travel trip to get home without being able to explore some of the towns along the coast as previously planned. The good news is that we are both healthy and able to make plans even though they needed to change. We will continue to monitor the Waterway Guide and the AGLCA forum for changes on the water.
For now, we are both doing lots of reading. Good thing I have three library cards and we can check out multiple ebooks for each of us. Our usual visit to the local library to find used books is not possible any longer. However, with the Libby app, we have plenty of choices. To offset some of our reading, we are fortunate that the marina has excellent WiFi and we are able to connect both the TV and Amazon Echo so we have access for updates on COVID-19 and Governor Cuomo’s daily reports and music when we want to turn the TV off.
The next dink ride only included us and Odyssey. Since we explored Cedar River last week, we decided to explore the Ortega River next. The river is twice the distance (8 miles long) so we traveled to the end and then headed back to the marina. We generally do a slow trip and speed up on the way back after drifting for dinktails of course. The idle is too high on the engine. Odyssey offered to take a look and show Peter how to fix it. It turned out to be a simple adjustment of the idle screw. It is now much quieter and we are able to run the engine at a slower speed and enjoy our ride that much more.
This week we ordered food from the Metro Diner located near Publix. While they do not deliver, they stated we could use DoorDash and coordinate a delivery through them. Downloaded the app, created a group so we could order and individually pay for our meals but it didn’t work. Continually wanted to charge all the meals on my card. To make it easier, we decided to order individually and Odyssey offered to pick dinner up by bike. While the food was good, they are not prepared to handle outgoing orders – no online orders, cannot order in advance for pickup, must call 15-20 minutes before you want it, cannot pay in advance, only when you pickup, etc. Doubtful that we would order from them again.
Plans for next week are to monitor marina updates, read, and take a dinghy ride.
Ortega River 
Around the Great Loop on the Answer 