Fun in the Sun: First Day in Mayport

(Mayport Naval Station, Jacksonville, FL) Hi 82 Lo 60 – I’ll be getting up a lot earlier staying here. There’s things to see.  Here's a panorama of the view we see out our back window when we get up and get our first cup of coffee! (Click to enlarge)


We still did our morning routine of news, emails, and blogs, while at the same time looking out the window. Ships of all shapes and sizes come floating by at random intervals, which is exciting to see. Such as this Carnival cruise ship.













If you want to see a lot of the pictures from our previous stays, go to archive blogs with dates of March 24 thru April 4 and October 25 thru 31, 2010.

The park put on a Guest Appreciation dinner today. Along with a great food buffet, they use this event to recognize all the hired and volunteer workers in the two parks here at Mayport. We're at Pelican's Roost, and they also have Osprey Cove across base for more longer term parking (up to 6 months). It was a great turnout and the food was very good.  This is the buffet line, which they ran out one door and around the clubhouse and in another door.


 
 
Here’s two views of the clubhouse.


This is our site, looking from the Clubhouse.


We met our neighbors, Mark and Vicky from Ohio. They're snowbirds and are on their way back home for the summer. After visiting with them for a while, and sharing tours of our rigs, we walked down to the beach. It was pretty windy with good size waves. It was about two hours before low tide, which is a good time for looking for shells and critters left on the beach.


Here's a fisherman on the jetty, with a boat going by.


There were several jellyfish on the beach near the rocks.


A sunset to finish the day... another day in paradise!