I do have some valid excuses (which I can't share just yet) for not writing more on my poor blog. But my absence, has told me that I do have readers!! I received an email, from a nice lady named Keri, who lives in Brooker, Florida. She actually reads my blog and likes my Florida day trips/adventure tales - so thank you, Kari for serving as an inspiration (and semi kick in the pants) for me to write again.
Anyway, since last writing - Matt and I have been to New Orleans, Jacksonville and White Springs, Florida
(stay tuned for next post). We've also checked out a few good restaurants and some not so much. So on top of my valid excuses, we have been pretty busy.
We visited the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens - while we were in Jacksonville - which was a great day trip to a big city, which sometimes for some reason I need. Jacksonville is actually huge! Jacksonville (according to wikipedia is "the largest city in land area in the contiguous United States").
Matt and I enjoyed lunch at a great BBQ joint called Mojo's (since Matt's the seasoned food-guy, I'll let him do the talking). I love smoked turkey and french fries and this place served both to near perfection!
We also took some time for one of our favorite actives, just plain exploring and drove around some of Jacksonville's neighborhoods, mainly stopping in the trendy (leave it to us somehow)
neighborhood of San Marco. We almost stopped to see Iron Man playing at the theater but decided against it.
We also stopped and walked around Jacksonville University's
campus (which was one of our main reasons for visiting Jacksonville, since one of our favorite past times is visiting college/university campuses). JU is beautiful, complete with plenty of trees and walking paths. I couldn't help but be impressed, the University is home to only about 3,000 students, but has a really big campus.
So all in all, our Jacksonville day trip was fun. And we actually did a lot, visited a museum, a University, a trendy neighborhood and old movie theater and even had some ice cream. And since it's only about an hour and half from us, I'm sure we'll visit again soon!
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