May 24, 2010 Got up early and took the truck into a Dodge dealership to have an oil change and lube done, and then back to the campsite to hook-up and hit the road. After a couple of nice days in the Panama City area we continued down the beach highway on the Gulf of Mexico. It was a very nice drive through forest, Tyndall Air Force Base, along the beach and through some nice, quaint, little beach towns. This area of the Gulf is beautiful with nice clear water and white beaches, and it is so laid-back compared to where we previously travelled in Destin and Panama City. We travelled through Port St. Joe, Apalachicola and Panacea. We had a chuckle at a town called Panacea because my colleague, and good friend Greg at work, uses that word quite a bit when he is describing an overview of some topic. Then we headed north on Hwy. 319, cut through Tallahassee and found a campsite called Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resort in Madison, Florida.
Next morning we continued on I-10 to Jacksonville (Jax), Florida. We checked into a very nice campsite called Flamingo Lake RV Resort, which is just north of town. This RV Resort is really nice with a huge man-made lake with two huge fountains in it, an exercise room, and on-site café that has a deck on the lake, plus all the other amenities that nice campgrounds have….it is really something.
In the morning I played golf at Panther Creek Golf Club which was very nice. It has the craziest greens that I have ever played, with huge undulations and flag poles at the top of hills so that if you miss the putt, the ball runs away from the hole.
We did a driving tour of the Jacksonville area including a trip out to Jax Beach and Atlantic Beach, which was our first look at the Atlantic Ocean. We both feel that getting to the Atlantic is somewhat of a milestone of our trip. We took Hooch on a stroll a seawall called River Walk in the downtown area, and stopped at River Bend Brewing Company for a pint.
May 28, 2010 – The Detour: We were packing up to depart Jacksonville to head to Savannah to spend the Memorial Day weekend and I was carrying a number of items out to the truck, maps, camera, tourist info, etc. and the GPS monitor slipped off the pile and hit the pavement. I picked it up and the LCD screen was smashed and it no longer worked. GREAT! We are so dependent on the GPS to get us around and it saves us a lot of time. We looked on the computer for a Costco on our path heading north to Savannah. We wanted to exchange the broken one, but we couldn’t find a Costco except the one in Jacksonville. Some places do not have many Costcos. We drove all the way (20 miles) back into Jacksonville and found the Costco. To make a long story short, I was told by the store manager that if any LCD screen is cracked/broken, the manufacturer will not take it back. That includes cameras, GPS, or laptop computers. The manager suggested that I make a claim through American Express, the credit card I used to purchase it in the first place. So, we had to buy another GPS…..now that’s an unexpected expense.
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