Well had a good time on our Jacksonville vacation to visit Chelsea. One noteworthy thing was the unusual sightings we observed while on vaca:
Jelico Mountain TN: Smelled hot brakes. We looked at each and I was scanning the guages and sniffing the air - man that smells strong, but I don't think it is us. We go around a curve and there is a semi truck with smoke rolling off the trailer wheels. I didn't see flames, but I wouldn't be surprised if the grease in the axles was close to combusting. There was a woman close to the truck crying. Not sure if she was the driver or passenger, either way a bad day at the office.
Talibot Island FL: Heading to dinner at the Crab Trap on Fenandino Beach on Highway A1A (nice restaraunt by the way). "What kind of car is that coming at us." "I dunno" "No way - it's the Bat mobile!" Sure enough it was the old style batmobile. No cape on the driver, but definitely not something you see everyday. After hearing the story Chelsea asked, now did you guys drink before or after you went to the Crab Trap...
Georgia: Got passed by two motorcyclists - one who has a huge set of horns attached to his helmet! We sped up and got a picture so that had the evidence.
Kentucky: Heading home on 75 thru the hills of Southern KY. And there on the right standing next to a guard rail with a huge hill behind is a goat! Munching away on some grass, calmly watching the traffic go by. No idea where it came from as it was hills and pine tree's all around that area. We hoped that a farmer would find it before a semi-truck did.
American Beach FL Lying on the beach watching the waves and Becky goes, "Hey look at this guy behind us." Turn to see a guy assembling a para-sail kind of thing. He had a motor with a fan blade strapped to his back. Then had a big para sail that the breeze was catching. He revved up the motor a few times and off he went. Fun to watch, but we were about 100 feet away - we were hoping that he didn't experience any mechanical problems as he went by.
Also at American Beach we were walking the beach looking for shells and sharks teeth. It was a breezy day. I looked up and said "Look someone is flying some huge kites." Becky looked ahead and said 'thats odd, I don't see anyone.' So we stopped to watch. Then we saw someone pop up from behind a wave, ride the crest and drop back out of sight. As they got closer we could see two guys with surf boards attached to their feet and chest harness attached to a sail. They came down the beach towards us riding the waves and even going 10-12 feet up in the air. One guy waved as they went past, looked like a blast - I would like to try that sometime.
But vaca itself was nice. Chelsea and Dan's place seems OK. Sort of a college Dorm arrangement. It is a ranch style house with 3 bedrooms. Everyone has their bedroom and then shares the kitchen and livingroom. Both are doing well with their jobs. Dan actually got a promotion while we were there. He is mixing up the ingredients for Heinz products. Sort of scary when you learn what all they put in the products we eat.
We also went out to eat several times. Whiteys was great as was the Sand Dollar. The Crab Trap was the best. Did the tourist thing and went to a couple of antique shops. Went on sunset cruise from Fernandino Beach. Saw Dolphins and then wild horses on an island that the Carnegies used to own. In the widows will the horses were turned to fend for themselves. They have been successful, the herd stays at about 150.
Spent time at the beach of course. open beaches and not many tourists or snow birds as we are between seasons. Did some fishing and caught 5 Whiting the one day. All in all a good time - hard to leave and get back to reality.