If you end up in Jacksonville, Florida, here is a very short list of some places to visit: Beaches: Jax beach, Atlantic beach, Neptune beach, Mickler’s landing Parks: Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve, Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park Shopping/food: Beaches Town Center, Riverside Arts Market Bonus: Day trip to St. Augustine (very worth it) Have a…
Hidden in plain sight between Jacksonville’s city skyline and the Atlantic coast is something ancient: Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve. At 46,000 acres, this park is slightly bigger than my house and protects salt marshes, forests and most importantly the stories of the Timucua people. They lived here for thousands of years and traveled these…
A long time ago, before theme parks and Florida man headlines, there was San Agustín, the first European city in the continental US. Founded in 1565 by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés at a time when Spain, France and England were all arguing (violently) for power in “La Florida”, which included basically everything from today’s Florida…