Great Loop: Welaka - St. John's River, Day 2
Welaka - Free Public Boat Dock February 21st, 2022 St John’s River, Day 2 Welaka is a fish camp town. Founded in the 1850’s, it is now characterized by bait shops, bubbling bait tanks, friendly people, crab pots, and a wonderful free dock for visitors. We walked around town, it is clean, but somehow caught in a bygone era. The homes were on large lots with trees for shade against the hot Florida sun. In the shade it was pleasant but walking in the sun created an instant thirst for a cold drink. So after stretching our legs we went looking for that cold drink and some dinner. A "Fly-In" Fish Camp on the way to Welaka Osprey build nests on the Navaids Our amblings brought us to “Shrimp-R-Us”, a restaurant clearly built in phases as their popularity grew. The original building was probably from the 40’s or 50’s. None of the add-on enclosed areas were newer than probably the 60’s or 70’s. You could eat inside or they had an outside e...