Fun in Fernadina Beach

Was a sunny and warm..to me anyway...(we did get the coats and scarfs off Joyce)...Sunday . We dinked ashore...of course I forgot the car keys..the ditch diggers had gotten a early start...marina almost empty. Went on a hunt for the fort we passed on the way in...after a few dead ends..we found Ft Clinch will let the resident historian do her job...

The Fort site is now a State Park and there are acres and acres of natural Florida growth and undergrowth. The moss that hangs off of the trees is amazingly beautiful!

The Fort itself was built to how it stands today...but really never finished. Amelia Island was deemed indefensible by the Confederates and the Union forces took control and remained.

There are these shooting holes all around the Fort...I enjoyed the ones with the view of the beach and the ocean best!
On each end of the Fort are these paraputs that give the walls of the Fort protection. Inside there was a small kitchen...a jail...a small bunkhouse area...the amunition storage area...and there was even ONE - one hole outhouse...amazing to me when you think of how many men would have been stationed there!

Anyone recognize this guy???

























This is the Amelia Island lighthouse...

Downtown Fernandina Beach has these statues in front of most of the shops. Very cute little town. The Island started out under French control...then Spanish control...British control...back to Spanish control - with U.S. Marine protection - because of piracy issues....and finally in 1821 part of Florida and a U.S. Territory

View from the boat of the Marina and the downtown historical district.