Shrimp festival

You sure couldn't ask for better weather than what we got for the four days of Shrimp Festival activities.

And people took advantage to come to Amelia Island in droves.

Shrimp festival Executive Director Sandy Price reports that turn-out from Friday to Sunday is estimated to have been 130,000 people.

Not surprisingly, traffic was slow getting onto the island, but the Sheriff's Office said there were no major accidents and only a couple of fender-benders.

The new water taxi service from Fernandina Beach to St. Marys did well in its two-day trial run at the festival. You can read more about it in Wednesday's My Nassau Sun.