Touring Amelia Island and Ft Clinch

Amelia Island lighthouse

September 6 -  After everyone had breakfast we loaded into the truck and went to the Amelia Island lighthouse.  Wouldn’t you know it was closed?  It’s only open every other Wednesday!  I did get some photos through the trees and they had a sign posted where to get your lighthouse stamp.

Entrance to the fort

 

We took the cooler to the post office to drop it off and then stopped at Wal-mart for a couple of things.  We found the museum where the stamp was and I got my book stamped.  We drove through some of the Historic Downtown Fernandina Beach on our way back to Ft. Clinch.  We went on a tour of the actual fort which we all enjoyed and then back to our RV’s for lunch. 

 

Musical re-enactors and ranger

Jean was outside making some calls and I found a good signal outside so I called Wal-Mart and think I have resolved my parts problem.  The customer service girl called Igloo and arranged for them to send the part to me at no charge after I email them my info and my proof of purchase.  I was also surprised that Wal-mart was crediting me back $20 for my trouble.  Nice!  Then we all migrated over to an empty campsite across from our 2 sites and sat at their picnic table for over an hour chatting until the owners of the site showed up and wanted to set up.

 

By the time we all went to our RV’s it was time to get the grill going.  Paul did the cooking for all of us and Jean and I put together the rest of a great meal.  There’s never a shortage of food.  Then we sat at their picnic table for at least an hour chatting more.  There never seems to be enough time just to talk.  It was nice.  All of the sights in our loop were filled and everyone was cooking or sitting around their campfires.

 

We all finally cleaned up and headed inside for the night.