After the Vikings game in Jacksonville, Lynda and I left for a short trip to Amelia Island. We ate dinner in a quaint restaurant down by the harbor and walked around checking out the boats at the docks afterward.
We actually stayed in
Fernandina Beach, which was one of the first east-coast towns to embrace shrimp fishing.
We shopped a lot of novelty stores downtown, most of which were designed with a sailing
motif. Pirates have a distinguished legacy here.
Can you tell which one is the REAL dummy?
After checking out the downtown shopping, we headed to the beach where I found a shark's tooth among all the seashells.
We visited a state park, which included an old lighthouse that is operated by the Coast Guard.
This is the same lighthouse from across a marsh inside the park.
I took this picture of the seashore from inside the park, also.
The park contains a civil war fort, Fort Clinch, which was occupied by Union soldiers in 1864.
The fort is constructed completely of brick and has some really cool arches and walkways.
There are several large guns on rotating tracks that surround the upper wall of the fort. Good fortune for Lynda, they no longer work.
A fishing trawler makes its way past the fort through the inlet.
I don't think this Union soldier got the news yet...THE WAR IS OVER!
The fort parade grounds with a union flag from 1864.
After the Vikings game in Jacksonville, Lynda and I left for a short trip to Amelia Island. We ate dinner in a quaint restaurant down by the harbor and walked around checking out the boats at the docks afterward.
We actually stayed in Fernandina Beach, which was one of the first east-coast towns to embrace shrimp fishing.
We shopped a lot of novelty stores downtown, most of which were designed with a sailing motif. Pirates have a distinguished legacy here.
Can you tell which one is the REAL dummy?
After checking out the downtown shopping, we headed to the beach where I found a shark's tooth among all the seashells.
We visited a state park, which included an old lighthouse that is operated by the Coast Guard.
This is the same lighthouse from across a marsh inside the park.
I took this picture of the seashore from inside the park, also.
The park contains a civil war fort, Fort Clinch, which was occupied by Union soldiers in 1864.
The fort is constructed completely of brick and has some really cool arches and walkways.
There are several large guns on rotating tracks that surround the upper wall of the fort. Good fortune for Lynda, they no longer work.
A fishing trawler makes its way past the fort through the inlet.
I don't think this Union soldier got the news yet...THE WAR IS OVER!
The fort parade grounds with a union flag from 1864.
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