Saturday January 29, 2022 - It was a sunny "warmish" day, so we decided to go to Fernandina Beach, on Amelia Island, for the afternoon. We found a pizza place for lunch and then walked around the nice little downtown. We then drove by the house used in the American Pippi Longstocking movies. Elaine loved the Pippi movies when she was a kid. We didn't see a horse on the front porch, so I don't think Pippi lives there any more, but it was fun to see Villa Villakulla. Next we stopped at the Amelia Island lighthouse. The plaque said that it's the westernmost lighthouse on the east coast of the United States.
Peg Leg Pete stands guard in front of the Fernandina Beach Harbor. Amelia Island was a haven for pirates in the 1700's.
Downtown Fernandina Beach
Yummy Arte Pizza in Fernandina Beach
Villa Villakulla
Amelia Island Lighthouse
Sunday January 30, 2022 - It was a really chilly morning, the low last night was 28 degrees! This part of Florida doesn't normally get this cold. The rangers had to turn all the water facets on in the campground so they didn't freeze. By the afternoon it was in the low 60s, so we went for a walk on the beach, and then a bike ride through the park
A tortoise sunning itself outside it's nest, next to the beach boardwalk
The tortoise in the sand dunes
pretty water patterns on the beach
Little Talbot has a beautiful, several mile bike trail that runs through the park
Snacks and the Chiefs vs Bengals game
Monday January 31, 2022 - Another beautiful sunny day, so of course another bike ride. Right inside the park gate there is a hike/bike trail that goes through the woods and circles around with a ride on the beach and back to the ranger station. It's about a 6 mile bike ride and more of a challenge since quite a bit of the trail is on sand. We took our lunch with us and when we reached the beach had lunch and did a crossword puzzle while we enjoyed watching the pelicans crashing into the water catching fish. At sunset we did a little fishing from the dock in the campground.
bike ride through the woods
Pretty flowers along the trail
lunch on the beach
beach bike ride
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View of the salt marsh from the campground
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The campground road
More pelicans fishing
Beautiful Sunset from the campground
Fishing from the dock
Fishing at sunset
Tuesday February 1, 2022 - On our last day at Little Talbot, we rode our bikes to the St Johns River Ferry (a 12 mile bike ride, round trip) and took the ferry across the river to the Safe Harbor Restaurant. The ferry connects up the north and south ends of Florida State Road A1A. It was $1 for each of us to ride the ferry with our bikes and was about a 5 minute trip. Lunch was great, Kev got a crab cake and some fish bites, I don't really like seafood, so had a really good burger and fries.
They lined us up, right behind the cars
We were the last ones on and the ferry wasn't very full
Riding off the ferry
Kev's crabcake
My burger
Safe Harbor Seafood
The ferry ride back was a little more crowded
