Sunday

Mom and I finally climbed outta bed a little after noon and found the weather to be absolutely gorgeous. It was sunny and in the mid-60's...felt amazing compared to what we had left behind in Michigan. Because the weather was so beautiful and we wanted to get out and enjoy it, we decided to explore the island.

Amelia Island is pretty small: only about 13 miles long and a couple miles wide. You would think it would be easy to navigate, but we managed to get turned around so many times! Good thing it only took a few minutes to get from one end of the island to the other...we usually ended up taking the "scenic route" to our destinations. Anyway, we covered most of the island and found that it was strangely developed. At one end of the island, the homes were literally little shacks, the middle was covered in strip malls and smaller condos and the far end was crowded with million dollar homes and condos fighting for beach front property.

The far end of the island was also home to American beach. This beach was so nice. We were able to drive our little SUV out on the beach and park (good thing for the car upgrade!). On our first trip there, the beach was empty minus a couple fisherman. The water was much too cold to go out in, and the wind coming off the water was pretty chilly too, but Mom and I had a good time soaking up some sun while hunting for shells.

The beautiful Atlantic Ocean!


After a couple hours, we took our very wndblown selves back to the condo to freshen up and get ready to go out to dinner. We headed to a little place called Barbara Jean's. It came highly recommended by Mom's boss, and with good reason! The food was delicious...BEST.FISH.EVER., and the drinks were pretty dang good too.

After dinner, we headed back to the condo and went to bed. We were pretty tuckered out still from our flights and strange bed times...plus all the excitement really wiped us out!