We took a harbor tour from Fernandina.  This is one of the deepest ports on the Atlantic, and a railroad was built from here to the Gulf side of Florida to allow shippers to bypass the Florida Keys.

Some marina shots:

Here’s a sunset shot as we pulled out of the harbor:

Shrimping has long been an important business in Fernandina.  Shrimp farming, though, is damaging the traditional business.  Here is one of the last shrimp boats still in business from Fernandina:

A few more:

Cumberland Island, Georgia, is just across the bay from Fernandina.  Members of the Carnegie family used to live there.  When the last Carnegie died, they left the island to the state and stipulated that the wild horses in residence there be left alone.  They still live there to this day and we saw some!

Jordan took this shot of a harbor buoy.  You can see the paper mill in the background:

Fort Clinch is a Civil War-era fort.  It was deemed undefendable and was evacuated by the Confederacy, but it is still there.  There are some re-enactors that work there, and the park also has camping and boat launches as well as a biking trail.  Here are some shots:

They let the kids take turns driving the boat.  Here’s Jordan at the conn!

We saw a really nice sunset.  There were severe storms forming to the north on our way back.

We had a really good boat tour.  And it didn’t hurt that the boat captain’s last name is McCarthy!  Here is the boat tour operator.  Drop in and take a boat tour if you are in Fernandina Beach!

Jim