Since I was in Florida, I had to visit my friend and former co-worker here in Jacksonville. My third visit in under 2-1/2 years. Since my friend still has family living in the KC area, she still owes me a visit for these three. But, always fun to get together. Her life keeps changing year after year here, and, like my Arizona friend, moves to a new house every time I visit.

The day before I arrived, my friend Amanda called to say that someone at her work had been killed in a freak car accident a few days earlier when he went out to lunch. The memorial service was 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm on the day I was arriving. So I had three hours to do whatever. I debated going back to Fort Matanzas but said that can be another Florida trip someday. I chose to go to three places in the greater Jacksonville area since I had not really done the tourist scene thre in past trips. I went to the area know as Jacksonville Beaches where there were thousands of people sunning themselves (and only ten or so actually go into the water despite there being a number of life guards on duty). Then I visited the campus of the University of North Florida. Then I toured the Museum of Science and History (aka. MOSH). I got to see quite a bit of Jacksonville on this trip.