PERFECT CRUISE down the St. Johns River | Day 3 of our Maiden Voyage

Read our FREE Cruising Guide to the St. John's River https://schoandjo.com/boating-st-john... Finally we have the day we were hoping since we started the trip! Today we left Astor Bridge Marina, in Astor Florida and head back southbound on the St. Johns River. We left early and had some help from Ted ( a resident at the marina) which led us to a successful departure! We were very nervous considering we had failed twice docking and leaving this marina due to the size of the dock, the current around the bridge next to it, as well as our general in-experience. The day turned out beautiful and our next stop was Hontoon Island State Park. This state park is only accessible by boat so this was a prime opportunity. We end up the day anchoring just outside of Blue Springs State Park! Hope you enjoy! Thanks for watching, Jennifer and Elliot Vlog 137 || St. Johns River, Florida https://schoandjo.com/blog ☝️ Read more and check out behind the scenes at the blog _______________________ SUNDAY SUMMARY We send out a weekly email with our travel updates 📧 - https://schoandjo.com/sundaysummary/ _______________________ SUPPORT 🙏 - https://schoandjo.com/say-thanks/ _______________________ GEAR 📷 - https://schoandjo.com/gear/ _______________________ CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:33 Leaving Astor Bridge Marina 01:53 30s Dance Party 02:28 Recap for running into the dock 04:36 Alligator sighting 05:23 First bridge request on our radio 06:13 Docking at Hontoon Island State Park 07:36 Hiking at Hontoon Island State Park 09:53 Red Raccoon Sighting 10:49 Leaving to find our anchorage 12:03 Arriving outside Blue Springs State Park 13:07 Leaving to take Ollie to shore 14:55 Popping the Champagne (Andre) 16:03 Bloops _______________________ MUSIC Musicbed - receive your first month free: 🎧 -https://go.schoandjo.com/s/musicbed Epidemic Sound 30-day free trial here: 🎧 - https://go.schoandjo.com/s/epidemicsound ________________ FRIENDS Blog: https://www.schoandjo.com Facebook: https://fb.me/schoandjo Instagram:   / schoandjo   Pinterest:   / schoandjo   Twitter:   / schoandjo   TikTok:   / schoandjo   ________________ ABOUT US Hi! We are high school sweethearts from Atlanta, Georgia who decided to take a year off to travel around the world. Together we decided to create vlogs for our journey as a fun way to remember it. On September 15, 2019, we left Atlanta with 3 bags, 2 one-way tickets, and 1 goal of traveling for a whole year. Little did we know, 6 months later we would find ourselves in a nationwide lockdown in India. After spending 5 months in India, we came back to the United States and decided to purchase a 34’ Trawler, dive head first into boat life, and kick off America’s Great Loop. The good, the bad, the ugly – and most importantly, the real and real funny. We’re not here to tell you “how it’s done.” Just how we’ve done it. And that whatever it is that’s calling you - the way you’ll do it is much more attainable than it may seem. Thank you for following us along our journey! ________________ Note — Some of these links are affiliates. We recommend stuff we love and if you like it also they might give us a small kick back. Thank you!