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So my vacation has officially started and I'm now in Jacksonville, Florida and wow is it hot!!! It's also a bit of a shock coming straight out of the mountains and into the flattest state where there's no hills at all. But so far I'm loving it!!
On our first day here Ashley's dad took us out on his boat. We cruised the St Johns River which is 5km wide so you would think it was a bay! After a scare thinking we'd broke the propella because we hit a crab trap and tore it to bits, we docked at a restaurant in St Augustine (first and oldest city in America) called the outback crab shack. I have never seen so much food for six people and to my families surprise, I actually ate seafood!! Even alligator! Speaking of alligator, Florida is croc territory so we went gator hunting. We finally thought we spotted one but when we got closer, noticed it was a crab trap been dragged along by an unknown specimen. After trying to catch it, we gave up and decided it was nessy the loch ness monster. We continued heading back and came to another unfamiliar sight, people rapelling and jumping out of helicopters into the water. Jacksonville has a huge airforce base and they were just training. That night we hit downtown and after a long time at camp, finally got to relax and have a drink. Overall a great start to vacation!
The next day we decided to head to the beach. We went to Ashley's beach club, located at ponte ve dra beach. It was gorgeous! Exactly like in the movies! We swam in the Atlantic Ocean (very warm water by the way) and even saw a pod of dolphins swimming just offshore and giving us a performance of their best tricks! That night we went to Ashley's dads house for a BBQ and to watch the arena football final between Jacksonville and Pitsburough. I became a true American, drinking beer and getting into the game!
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Diane Sounds like you're having a great time Tarryn......but......don't you become tooooo American.
Lynette Every time you sent photos of the lake at camp, i kept expecting to see nessy the loch ness monster there, not Florida. Glad you are having a great time, whats with the beer drinking? Thanks for keeping us informed. xx