[Patz] Our Adventures at the St. Johns River

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On a spring day, we took a drive alongside the St Johns River, starting in
Jacksonville and working our way south. Florida State Route 13
follows the river, sometimes hugging it closely.

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	Here is an approximate outline of our journey. We started in the Mandarin neighborhood of Jacksonville and then followed FL Route 13 south. This trip was suggested by our local Sunday newspaper.
The river is quite wide is some locations, and often has a marshy boundary.
	This bridge that crosses the St Johns River is SR 16, heading towards Green Cove Springs.
The river sediments and flora often present a magical array of colors. Here, at the Shands Pier, we found a variety of Autumn colors including yellow, orange, and rust.
	This is the bridge at Six Mile Creek. We found an interesting restaurant here and stayed for a late lunch.
This is the Outback Crab Shack Restaurant as seen from the Six Mile Creek. They have their own dock and people come to eat by means of boats as well as cars. The menu here specializes in sea food, but the platters include alligator. We had a platter of mixed alligator, clams, shrimp, and fish. "outback crab shack"
	This is the restaurant's dock on the Six Mile Creek.
The Florida Manatee is a protected sea mammal, sort of a sea-cow.
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