Jen and Russ

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Florida Escape

It was time for an escape from the winter cold, snow, and ice so we spent a week in Florida with Doug, Peggy, and Jen’s mom. We had a great time and had a chance to spend some time with Mark Mitchell, Jen’s cousin, and Peggy’s brother, Wayne, and her sisters-in-law, Dutch and Laura.

This is the view from the new addition to Doug and Peggy’s house, a very, very nice third floor that provides great vistas at sunrise and sunset as well as a very comfortable retreat for reading, napping, and talking.

If you look closely at the upper right, you’ll see the ever watchful eye of the mother dove in her nest. This tree is in Doug and Peggy’s yard.

Not a snowblower in sight.

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We’re on our way to Cumberland Island in Doug’s boat and passed this ship from the Sea Sherpherd Conservation Society docked in Fernandina Beach.

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The last damaged boat remaining from the most recent hurricane.

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Fishing near Fort Clinch.

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We hoped to see dolphins and it wasn’t too long before we did.

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The King’s Bay Submarine Base.

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Cumberland Island, Georgia

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The Dungeness ruins, a mansion built by Thomas and Lucy Carnegie. It was completed a few years after the death of Thomas in 1886.

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What remains of the recreation rooms.

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This live oak was simply magnificent. There were many of these in what was called a maritime forest and there were many other plants, including a cactus and orchid as well as ferns and mosses, growing and living on its branches.

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The wild horses that live on Cumberland Island are really on their own. There is no care, food, or oversight provided by the Park Service.

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White pelican

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Put the golf ball on the tee. Harder than you might think - Doug was the only one to succeed.

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Click on the picture, zoom in, and look at the teen on the left. She almost made it.

One of the many great restaurants we visited.

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The Nassau County Courthouse in Fernandina Beach.

Jen met a friend.

Lunch at Pablo’s in town.

The Amelia Musical Playhouse where we saw Oklahoma! on Friday night.

The former Nassau County Jail, current home the the History Museum.

Mark Mitchell, Jen’s cousin, came for a visit. Wayne, Peggy’s brother, is on the porch on the right.

Dutch and Laura, Peggy’s sister’s-in-law.

The local distillery, famous for its smoked pepper vodka.

Jen wanted a pizza. I preferred seafood. So we had a seafood pizza, of course.

We got some sheepshead and trigger fish at the fish market that Doug grilled Monday night. Both were delicious.

We were a bit early for the Amelia Concours d’Elegance, but some of the cars were beginning to arrive. Some were even being driven.

Third floor views.

© Russ Milam 2018