Leaving J-Town

Hey everyone! Hope this finds you all doing well. We're leaving Jacksonville in two days and I'm sad to be leaving the beach, but also excited to go to Disney and then DC. I haven't been to DC since 8th grade, so I'm sure there is a lot more exciting things to do now. So, we went and saw the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra play with the Glass Camels, a Grateful Dead cover band. It was a good show - a diverse crowd due to the Orchestra and a nice venue. It was about half the size of the Palace Theater in Cleveland.

We did a little planning for DC on Saturday and then we played tourists for a day. We drove down to St. Augustine, which is the oldest city in America. We went to the Fountain of Youth and paid $7 to learn how Ponce de Leon navigated his way to the Americas, which he named Florida back then. It was great. We shared this learning experience with the usual Florida mix of senior citizens and babies with babies. We then had a craving for Mojito's so we headed over to the shopping/dining area and ate at the Columbia - it was delicious. If anyone heads that way, make sure you get the 1905 salad - they make it for you at your table. We then headed out last night to a bar - Eddie Bahama's on Jacksonville Beach. Most of today was spent at the beach and reading in the hammocks at our condo. And I've just finished making chicken parmesean for dinner, so I'm going to get to eating that.