Jacksonville, United States Travel Blogs

You're ticket Sir
Aug 14, 2005 (5 photos)

You're ticket Sir and please place your fingers here so that we can obtain your bio-metric data! And welcome to the happiest place on Earth...... Yes right I thought to myself "The Peoples Democratic Republic Of Walt Disney" :-) Ignoring my paranoia about ...

And....we're off!
Jun 1, 2006

Here we go...through Miami...we'll be in Quito in no time.

Bud, Bud, Bud,,,,,, Weiser!
Apr 25, 2007 (1 photos)

Fancy doing a free tour of a brewery and then getting 3 HUGE jugs of beer at the end!! No wonder we like Jacksonville!!!!!!

Fort Caroline and the Timucuan Ecological Preserve
Jul 22, 2007 (5 photos)

It rained on our way to Jacksonville, but cleared up by the time we got to the park(s). We got two stamps at one visitor center!! Ft. Caroline was an ill-fated attempt by the French to take Florida from the Spanish. There is a lot of documentation of the ...

Jacksonville Florida
Oct 10, 2008 (4 photos)

... in the Dodge hire vehicle. A smooth trip made easy by the GPS unit and the relaxed, no rush Simpson driving style. At Jacksonville Ricky and Dale went to another Hit Centre owned by Aaron Marston. In contrast to the centre in Georgia this centre is ...

bad day
Nov 17, 2007

So today was not the best day. First of all, Dad and Lisa had gotten news of an unfortunate occurrence back home and were distressed about getting home to deal with it. Although they were flying out at 3PM, they spent Friday night and Saturday morning ...

Fernandina Beach to Palm cove nr. Jacksonville Bea
Nov 23, 2008 (3 photos)

A late start. We were both quite tired. Looked at Skipper Bobs anchorages and saw there are not many and we did not like what was described. All strong currents, rubble on the bottom, use two anchors etc. Looked at Doziers and called a marina that we ...

Changing plans again
May 18, 2009 (1 photos)

... it started raining. I stopped to get gas and found out that my card was frozen again due to the fact I had used it in 3 different states on the same day. While I was getting it turned back on, I figured I would call my friend Staci and find out what the ...

more Jacksonville
Nov 20, 2007 (8 photos)

Today is our last day in Jacksonville. Tomorrow we start heading to Houston. We're going to take a few days to get there, since we don't have anywhere responsible to be until Monday. Should be nice. Although tomorrow is supposed to be the heaviest travel ...

Choppers in the Sand, Jacksonville Beach, FL
Feb 10, 2009 (4 photos)

From Savannah we headed South for 2 1/2 hours to Jacksonville Beach, one of many sandy beaches along the Florida coastline! On Wednesday the people we were staying with said we could borrow their bikes - which were like Choppers - really big handle bars ...

Sun RV Camp bow wow and the Wal Mart Parking Lot
Jun 20, 2007

We spent 2 nights in Jax in the WalMart lot = got the motor home warranty work done and a MAYO checkup done.  Trudy was humbled at Camp "Bow wow". Visited Dave and Busters

Rednecks, Leathernecks, and the Atlantic
Aug 28, 2006 (18 photos)

While heading northwards to DC I stopped to visit my friend Alan stationed at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville NC. Having been to Jacksonville myself when I was in the Marines I remembered how boring this place can be. However I still had a good time ...

Thanks-(for nothing)-giving
Nov 24, 2005

My recap of my T-giving. I hope you're offended. I was, and it was me who offended me. Thanksgiving was interesting to say the least. Let me tell the story... So my Great Aunt always throws the big parties with all these really old rich people for ...

Water Aerobics and Armadillos With Mimi
Jan 29, 2009 (6 photos)

... WATER AEROBICS. We made sure to be up, alert and ready to go for the highlight of our trip to Jacksonville and soon were bikini-clad, introduced to Mimi's friends, splashing around to the instructions of Mimi (not only were we having problems with ...

When we met the Manne who is Alex
Jan 27, 2009 (30 photos)

... , we decided we needed to get to Florida FAST if not faster. Soooo as we awaited reply of Sophie's Mimi in Jacksonville we were left in a pickle.... We had heard about a little thing the traveling world calls "Couchsurfing" and decided to check it out. We ...

JAX
Nov 16, 2007 (6 photos)

... excellent food. We've been looking forward to it ever since we knew, several months ago, that we'd be back here in Jacksonville. I couldn't wait. So we're driving down to the beach, approaching our destination. We can taste the fabulous seafood now. As we ...

Already with the issues!
Jun 16, 2007 (3 photos)

I am officially starting the blog today. This is a test so I know if I'm doing it right. Jason woke up early today, as usual. He decided to check the flight info and discovered that our flight into New York was rescheduled to leave an hour later, which ...

Driving on the road to nowhere
Oct 22, 2006 (5 photos)

... top ruining the view of the south. Check out the photos of the view. We arrived yesterday at our friends Jo & Joe's place in Jacksonville and they have very kindly put us up for the night. It was great to have our first decent cup of tea since we arrived ...

Going Back to Cali...
Jul 2, 2007

... on it. I know a couple people who live or lived there and they are split on it. Anyway, it does not matter all too much for this entry because Jacksonville is a mere pit stop on the way to my family's adopted home of Southern California. See you in SD.

Heading back to where we started
Mar 4, 1987

... have discovered that most of Florida was) named French Huguenots and like a lot of other parts of Florida - mainly all of it - Jacksonville was later taken over by the English in the late 18th century. I guess none of that really matters now anyway though ...

Time for a bullet to the head
Aug 11, 2005 (6 photos)

Well. Four nights in Jacksonville. And I'm using "in" loosly here. I am basically in the middle of nowhere. hard to describe where I am. Not a suburban nightmare area. Not a strip-mall Phoenix-like area. Just this strange sort of business park/ ...

Smoky North Eastern Florida
May 6, 2006 (1 photos)

... head back to the coast again but it was just too hot to stop. Humid, sticky: I just want to get where I am going. I think Jacksonville would be a nice place to stop for a day or so if it were not so darned hot. Lots to see and do including beaches. ...

FT GEORGE RIVER
Apr 17, 2009

IN THE LAST ENTRY WE WERE IN PALM COVE MARINA.WE WEATHERED THE BIG STORM THAT NIGHT ----BUT----THE NEXT MORNING THE MARINA WAS IN A TORNADO---WINDS WERE CLOCKED AT 75-95MPH DINGIES WERE RIPPED OFF THEIR DAVITS AND FLYING THROUGH THE AIR,SAILS WERE ...

New developments
Mar 10, 2009

Still in Jax.  Lots of things are changing now.  I was going to use PODS for moving my stuff, but it's too expensive, so now it's U Haul or another one I just found out about called U PACK.  I will have to do some legwork to see which ...

The Kingsley Plantation to Jacksonville
Nov 24, 2001

... sounds of the powerful TOW US boat finally pulling the sailboat free. Nov. 21- 23 Alida and John from ACCLAIM had visited Jacksonville earlier and told us of the docks at the Municipal Park which provided free tie up for 72 hours. No services are ...

Going away party
Mar 27, 2009 (5 photos)

... today but my head is a little foggy!  We went to the local Mexican restaurant, Los Portales.  If you are in Jacksonville, FL  I highly recommend it.  Happy hour margaritas and great food. So lots of wonderful people, good food, great ...

JACKSONVILLE
Apr 13, 2009

... APPROACHING AND WE WERE IN 25 KNOTS OF WIND AND WE HAD OUT TWO ANCHORS BUT STILL KEPT DRAGGING SO WE DECIDED TO RUN TO JACKSONVILLE.AS WE CROSSED THE ST AUGUSTINE INLET THE ROLLERS WERE COMING IN AND WE WERE TAKING THEM ON THE STARBOARD SO IT WAS A LITTLE ...

Jacksonville
Sep 29, 2007

... what we've been getting up to.  Saturday was another live music night.  Bill took us to a town nearby called Jacksonville. I thought I'd heard of it but Bill assured me I haven't heard of this one!  The drive up there passed a mixture of ...

still in Florida
Mar 16, 2009 (1 photos)

still making plans for the departure.  My last day of work is the 27th and my stuff will be moved from my storage unit to U Pack on the 30th.  They will transfer it to Albuquerque for a month so I can get there and decide what's next.& ...

Jacksonville / Britt Festaval
Aug 31, 2006 (16 photos)

Jacksonville is a quaint and laid-back town. Was a stagecoach type of town and they have done a good job of keeping it that way. Some pix to show it off. Also, all summer long they have outdoor concerts by various artists. We almost made the Chicago ...