Beautiful Amelia Island

We did have a few snafus as we left on vacation yesterday.  First, we had a Florida tour book that outlined this trip.  We planned to take it with us, but somehow it got lost.  We searched the house and could not find it, so we came without it.  Second, I forgot to pack the scale after all. Oh, well....might be just as well since I did NOT eat at Subway or Denny's yesterday.  lol  Off to a good start, right?

We had lunch at a kosher deli in Ormond Beach, which was delicious.  I saw a sign for a Subway at that exit without realizing where we were. Once we exited and saw the Welcome to Ormond Beach sign, Mark remarked that he remembered there was a kosher deli here from the one time we came here a few years ago for a NARFE meeting. So we debated about two seconds whether we'd go to the Subway or kosher deli.  HaHa!   Mark got a kosher corned beef Reuben sandwich and I got a hot corned beef on toasted rye bread. They were awesome.

Then there are no Denny's, or any other type chain restaurant, in the immediate area of Fernandina Beach and our hotel out on the beach, but there is a fabulous fish house called The Sandbar and Kitchen right next to our hotel and right ON the beach.  We were tired.  It was right there.  The blackened grouper sandwich was excellent!

We had a great time at the Welcome Center and on the 80 minute narrated trolley ride around old Fernandina Beach.  Lots of history here.

Today the plan is to do a 2.5 hour narrated boat tour followed by two museums, the Maritime Museum and the Amelia Island History museum.  Should be another awesome day!

Our kosher deli lunch in Ormond Beach.

Welcome Center in historic railroad depot.  

Palace Saloon is the oldest bar, founded in the late 1800s. It served spiked ice cream during Prohibition, so that's how it has this claim to fame.  We hope to go there for a drink sometime while we are here.

Many beautiful big Victorian homes here. Some are now Bed and Breakfasts, but some are private residences, like this one.

Mark with David Levy Yulee, Father of Florida Statehood, brought railroad to Amelia Island.  Born in St. Thomas of Jewish Moroccan heritage.

This is a private residence, but it's the house where the Pippi Longstocking films were made.

View of our hotel from the trolley.

View from the restaurant at dinner.  Awesome.