Fri Jan 24 - 27 In which we travel 70 miles per hour!

A side trip to Jax Beach

I wanted to get to Jax Beach where my boss lives, but the weather was, as we boaters say, YUCKY so Rick had a genius thinking-outside-of-the-box idea!  Our car is RIGHT HERE, let's DRIVE.  I was all like WHHHHUUUTTTTT?????  And Rick was like, let's DRIVE!  And what takes two days by boat is 1.5 hours away by car so...  away we went like the down of a thistle... 

We took the scenic route and stopped for lunch:

 The first night we stayed down time so Rick could go to the 'boat show' the next day.  It was so small he really had to work hard to find something to buy, but he prevailed and came home with two new blue dock lines.  The anal part of my brain wishes all the fenders and lines were clean, new and the small color...but the other part of my brain knows we need to spend $$ on important things.  Downtown Jax was nice, but full of homeless people.  I got plenty of that at home...so I scratched Jax off the retirement list.

 But then we got to my boss' condo on Jax Beach and I did a complete 180!  We came away thinking that might be a place we end up (Jax Beach, not the condo).  We've been looking for a place with a beach, near a big city and good airport, with a university, decent weather most of the year, and with no state income tax.  Voila!  In addition it has sand dunes/dune grass (which I have a thing about, from my childhood), no spring breakers and is slightly southern.  I'll keep you posted...

So, we intend to leave (on the actual boat) tomorrow (but that is what we said last Monday).  God willing, weather permitting - as my friend, Michele, says.