Tuesday, January 15 - off to the beach

Heard the first plane take off at 6:05 this morning. Looks like another beautiful day with the forecast calling for a high of 81F, again.

We went for a walk around the park & met the owners of the other Redwood in the park. Spent an hour talking to them.

At 10:45, the temp was 25C, so we changed into shorts & set off for Amelia Island and Fernandina Beach.

Enjoyed a walk along the beach, which consists of very fine, white sand peppered with lots of shells. I even ventured into the ocean, which was rather chilly!

We stopped for lunch at Sliders Seaside Grill where we sat outside and enjoyed a Shrimp Po'boy and iced tea.

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From there we continued on to Fort Clinch State Park, under a canopy of Live Oaks & Spanish Moss and stopped at a parking lot to get out for a walk.

After crossing the dunes on a boardwalk, we arrived at the beach.  Shell collecting is excellent on the beaches and avid shark tooth hunters will have plenty of sand to cover in their search.









We also came across several "Cannonball" jellyfish that had been left behind as the tide receded.

There is a fishing pier extending 1/2 mile out into the ocean which we walked on. The fishermen were not having much luck today!






From there we drove through the rest of the park to the Fort. Fort Clinch is a 19th century masonry coastal fortification located on a peninsula near the northernmost point of Amelia Island, along the Amelia River, in Nassau County, Florida. The fort lies at the entrance to the Cumberland Sound and within Fort Clinch State Park.

By this time, it was getting late, so we made our way back to the RV park instead of completing the 'circle tour' that we had planned.