The Seaside Amelia Inn Fernandina Beach

Today we headed south through Georgia. We brought a nice selection of CD's and we hum and sing along as the mood strikes us We're so relaxed, no deadlines, it's a luxury we don't take for granted.. At about 5 PM we stumbled on City Park and Camping just south of Jacksonville Florida. We barely had enough time to set our tent up in daylight. A mile down the road we dined in fabulous seafood restaurant. then enjoyed the nice hot showers before turning in early.

... But the other servicers that attended the event had plent of homeowners there and working out deals with their servicers.

My co-worker and I went to a restaurant called Chew Restaurant in downtown Jacksonville. We talked to a few locals at the event today and they recommended it. The food was medium priced and the atmosphere was decent. Glad I ...

... anyway all is well and got onto the plane.

I arrived in Houston, TX around noon and waited for my flight to Jacksonville that was supposed to depart at 3:55pm central time. We sat on the plane for 1 hour because of an electrical error and I got to Jacksonville finally around 7pm EST.

My hotel nice and right on the river that splits the city in half. Here is picture of it at night.

... song!

Our wonderful Bosun sang a few which got steadily worse as the evening went on. The crew on here are brilliant, they all seem to have a genuine friendship with each other and, for a change, don’t have this 'them and us’ attitude. Don’t get me wrong the respect is strong and sense of duty, but they are really nice guys.

Tony and I now have to figure out ...

I am writing this on my birthday (Heinz! If you know what I mean!). I have been spoilt (after a fashion), we had a party (all sat round getting drunk) on Saturday (31st) night this was for Ronnie (cook), Justin (our cabin steward who's birthday is same day as mine) and me. It was a good evening ...

... Instead we found ourselves walking for miles on the beach and dipping into the waves here and there. The water is rather chilly as we get more north but refreshing and lovely. The water is not the amazing blue or green of the southern Florida waters but is clean and welcoming. Except....as we walked we asked the fishermen what they were catching to find out that within that last two hours, 3 sting rays and 2 baby ...

... he so desperately needed, he couldn't even look me in the eye to tell me so. So, for the third time in as many days, I've had to move BABS to a new location. This time I'm in... get this... a Wal-Mart parking lot. And, I only have permission to be here for one night. Tomorrow, I go over to City Hall to get the letter and put in a "kind" word or two for officers kopinski and smith. I wonder where I'll be parking next?...

... to take the marks wide. By this time we are behind him so watch a north bound sail boat come through and the two boats that are now in front go through with no problem past the motor boat which is sitting between two of the red markers. We took all the markers wide (Reds 60 60A 62A and 62)and passed through with no problem with 20 feet. We thanked the motorboat for the headsup and he told us he was going to wait for the tide. The electronic chart and ...

... hovering over the water and then divebombing the water before emerging with a fish in their mouths. But then the wind picked up and it became more of a cardio workout than a nature tour. So after about 30 minutes of hard paddling, we turned around and let the wind push us back to the put in. When we got out, we noticed that the beach was covered in tiny crabs, so we sat and watched them creep out of their holes and then scurry back the moment they noticed us moving.

... of live oaks and Spanish moss. Our site is on the river and considering that this was the only site available till into January, we both feel fortunate. What a totally cool campground and man, are we feeling lucky to be here. This place is by far set up better than anywhere else that we've been so far. We have a canopy of live oaks above us, the river is in front of us, deep woods behind us ...