3/15-3/29 Flamingo Lake RV Resort, Jacksonville, FL.

This is a private park with lots to offer (although we are right off of the highway and can hear the noise).  Big lake with a walk all the way around, two beaches, lots of beach toys for the kiddos, and an on-site restaurant!

green beer and beads

green hair!

We take a St. Pat's day trip to downtown Jacksonville and spend the late afternoon at Fionn MacCools Irish Pub.  We drink green stuff, buy the tee shirts and watch Irish folk dancers and the Fire Brigade Pipes and Drums, and several different Irish singers.  What fun!!!

Steve's new tee shirt

one of the singers

another of the singers

The Fire Brigade Pipes and Drums

the dancers

view from across the river

soldier's quarters

We take a trip to see Fort Matanzas in St. Augustine.  This is a very small fort on the mouth of the Matanzas River.  We had to take a ferry over to see it.

Steve on top of the fort

one of the tortoises

fort from the land side

from the roof

great live oak!

the moat

Arch over the entryway

We also took a trip to Fort Caroline/Timucuan Historic Preserve.  The fort is not well preserved, but the area is beautiful and scenic.  The Timucuan were the people of the region, who died out after both French and Spanish people settled here.

Steve reads all the signs!

Spanish moss

cool tree knot

We also went to Jekyll Island, GA while we were close.  We saw a sea turtle hospital and rehab center and toured the island.

Other than a blood donation and some errands, that was it for this area!