Day 6 Ormond Beach

Today we headed to see my cousin Eddie and his friend Carol who live in Ormond Beach. Instead of taking 95 we decided to drive route A1A down the coast. In order to do this we had to take a little ferry from Amelia Island across the St. Johns river to Mayport. The drive was slow and tedious, but worthwhile. The mansions on Ponte Vedra were unlike anything I've ever seen. We stopped for lunch at a restaurant Sylvia had frequented 15 years ago while working for the FAA. It's an old joint in Flagler Beach called High Tides at Snack Jack. We both had huge fish sandwiches. We got to Eddie's by 2 and enjoyed meeting Carol. They both laugh a lot and we had a terrific time talking about our family. They had just bought a house together and were in the process of renovating much of it.  What was neat was that when they looked for a place to buy, the one requirement was that they could walk to a Publix grocery store. So their house was next to a pretty diverse shopping center. We took a long walk through the many trails in their community and eventually walked to dinner at another Mexican restaurant call La Fiesta. That also was very good. We had a chatty visit with them and their dog Teddy and laughed a lot.