Hontoon Island Marina at the State Park and Blue Spring Park

We saw a lot of eagles on the River, Many ospreys and hawks

Anchored at Lungren Island with the dink at the island for a dog walk.

Docked at Hontoon Island only 5 boats were there the week we were there. 

Very quite and laid back. Lots to explore here with many creeks to visit in the dink.We are planning on moving our residence  to Florida next week and we can visit here for half price $10 a day all inclusive.  I wanted to stay here for ever. There is a marina across the river that does not have good reviews and is very high on fuel prices. Right around the corner is Holly Bluff Marina that has better prices and service. Rick in the shop found me a hose to fix a problem and was very helpful. Rick carries a lot of parts and can get anything you need. Several boaters in little trailer tugs came by and said they stop here all the time. This is not nowhere but you can see nowhere from here. 

Hontoon Island State Park has a lot of slips but only the T dock has enough water for our trawler and we plowed a little soft mud at 5 ft on the T dock to the West. We picked up WiFi from across the way and the dock has 50 amp service, water and is almost new. Very nice park with hot showers and clean restrooms. The rangers are super nice. No groceries or laundry. All this for $20. a night. Only $10 if you are a Florida resident. https://www.floridastateparks.org/park/Hontoon-Island

The Dink our 18 ft CC fishing boat has been a big Plus on getting around and is no problem to tow. 

At Blue Spring you can beach and tie up to the South of the swim area. Do not dock on the dock. Self serve on park fee of $1.00 per person. We want to come back when they allow swimming in the spring . The water is 72 F year round.

We saw alligators but have been told the big ones are still hibernating due to the cold fronts coming through.

On the Snake Creek which the GPS says is not navigable we saw to many alligators and eagles to count. The creek goes around Hontoon Island on the South from Blue Spring. Take a dink or kayak with very shallow draft. 

Looks green to me  but they call it Blue Spring. The board walk goes all the way down to the "Boil" of over a 100,000 gals per hour. 

Blue Spring is nice we plan to go back when the tourists are not so thick on the weekend. The water temp is up and there were only 5 manatees in the spring. Beautiful animals!

Onward through the Fog! Suzsea approves this voyage. She barks at the birds, alligators, turtles and any thing that threatens her boat. More later........