A leisurely start to our day...... first stop Panera Bread on Atlantic Road. Free WIFI! and you can enjoy your coffee too! So, we got the blog up-to-date and went on from there to visit downtown Jacksonville. The area is accessed by a network of bridges......some old, some modern. The riverfront area is lined with tall buildings (skyscrapers Florida-style). Question: what are they anchored in at the bottom??????? hopefully, not sand! There is an obvious effort to make the waterfront visitor-friendly. The "Jacksonville Landing" complex is a semi-circle of indoor/outdoor shops, eateries, and entertainment. It all faces the water and is one end of a water taxi route that runs across to the museums and Riverwalk on the other side of the St. John River. We ate at Dona Maria, a so-so Mexican restaurant looking out on the river. (I'd be hardput to recommend it to others.) Again, the midday weather was a sunny scorcher! "Nellie/Naggy" led us through the maze to the MOSH (Museum of Science and History). Surprisingly the parking was free. The museum is modest in exhibitions but they are well done. There is a sizeable dinosaur exhibit with lifelike animals of that era that are animated (including hatching dinosaur eggs). We went to an excellent planetarium show...but it is so dark and relaxing that staying awake was difficult! The museum is especially well done for interactive exhibits for school age children (and Senior citizens who aren't afraid to play).
Ooops.....didn't mention that dear ole Tom actually offered to take me to a really nice SCRAPBOOK store between the Panera stop and downtown Jacksonville. You know it is like putting a kid in a candy shoppe. I was reasonably constrained, but it wasn't easy. Prepared to make my best friend's birthday card.......and it is done and in the mail!
I accomplished another goal during the evening...........the umpty ump clippings of the John Edwards' campaign are now in chronological order and taped onto pages in a loose leaf notebook (so I can add more if I find something that has actually gone by).
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