Amelia Island with photos

Stu at the edge of a Marshland nearby.  Lisa and I took a walk through the marsh and saw ospry with its prey, egrets, herons, turtles, brown rabbits, a snake, frog, fish, blue heron catching and eating fish, crabs, and a variety of insects.  

I'm totally lost over what I've blogged about and what has been left out We don't have internet in the cottage and don't often get over to the side of town that has internet, the Starbucks.
  We have been particularly blessed with great weather, mild, partially sunny, lovely wispy clouds, pleasant breeze. But, you do feel the humidity at times.  last night we thought we could wring out our night clothes, but sitting at an outdoor patio, sharing drinks with Lisa and Kyle, watching the moon playing with the clouds and alternately shining on the ocean, was all worth it.  Certainly has felt like the most lay back area we've been to since we're not rushing about to see all the major attractions.

Oh my, what is not to love.  BTY my shirt says "Shalom Y'all" 

We have been blessed with being able to spend a lot of time with Lisa and with Kyle.  We are also taking most of our meals at their restaurant, Jack & Diane's. The food is yummy, wholesome, and it is the only restaurant we've been to in the south that does not have any fried foods.  Imagine that in the land of fried everything.

Amelia Island was the home of commercial shrimping in the 1930s.  Now the fleet is down to about 6 boats due to the competition from the farm fed shrimp coming in from overseas.  The farm fed shrimp are packed with steroids, chemicals, etc but can be harvested in weeks compared to months.  Try to find natural shrimp, it's a challenge.

Lisa, Stu and I took a 3 hour narrated boat ride the other day, through the Amelia River, the causeway around the islands, and off to Cumberland Island.  We loved it.  Our closing moments were a treat as some local dolphins, Bob and Sandy, accompanied us to the dock.  This island is truly a glorious vacation spot, we'll be sorry to leave tomorrow (Sunday) for hectic Orlando.  We will return!

Cumberland Island wild horses seen from our boat