Where Florida Begins

Living In Beauty

Welcome to Part One of The Navy Brat Tour 2020-21: From Jacksonville, Florida to Norfolk, Virginia, this 4-3-2 galavant through my itinerant childhood is about visiting places I remember and have not seen in more than 55 years.

It was all Jim's idea and I'm loving it. Besides seeing the places I have described to him for decades, Jim also included a prelude – a bonus side-trip – along The Gulf of Mexico, the seashore most fluent in our favorite southern dialect, Shrimp n' Oysters.

We'd originally planned to spend winter on the Pacific coast, but with the border of Mexico closed and La Niña pushing cold, wet weather into Southern California, we took our chances on the panhandle, or as the board of tourism calls it, Where Florida Begins. But we should have consulted with our friend and weather guru Dr. David Titley on RV Weather – esteemed expert in climate, tropical meteorology, oceanography, and a retired Rear Admiral, USN.

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