On the road again!: Atlantic Beach Feb 25-March 3

We moved from Vero to Atlantic Beach to visit with Michael and Nancy in their condo there.
One day, we took off on our own, took the river ferry across the St John's River and then drove up Talbot Island and Amelia Island all the way to Fernandina Beach. It was not crowded as it was a bit on the chilly side. So, we were able to park at the main beach in Fernandina. After getting to the end, we drove back, went to the last Harris Teeter in Florida and got a picnic lunch. We then drove back to the bridge and ate it. During the day we saw several osprey (one really close), black skimmers, Royal Terns, Forsters Terns, Caspian Terns, a flock of hooded mergansers. It was a very nice day.

Black skimmers, Caspian Terns

Terns, gulls, skimmers at Fernandina Beach

Ferry

Picnic lunch

Osprey

One evening Mark made a nice chicken dinner and Michael and Nancy had one of their friends over, the woman who sold them their condo. Her name is Stuart; it was a nice evening.

Mark and Michael at Atlantic Beach on a nice walk

For several evenings, Christina and Mike came over with 3 year old James and 1 year old Sawyer.
We had two lovely meals out - one at a French Bakery for lunch in Jacksonville after having visited EcoRelics, a huge warehouse of recycled stuff.

Nancy, Mark, Michael at French Bakery

We had a lovely dinner at Blue Orchid, a truly terrific Thai restaurant. Yum!

Mark, Nancy, Michael at Blue Orchid.

The main activity was helping Chris and Mike move from their little apartment to their new 3-bedroom house in Neptune Beach. They had thought they'd be able to stay in their apartment till March 15th, but it turned out to be March 3rd, so they were really under time pressure. Mike and Nancy did a lot of painting. We helped with the cleaning and the moving mostly. Mark and Mike changed out all the plugs and switches. We also put together James's bunk bed. They were able to move in the day that we left but still have a lot of work to do.