Decided to go to a place called Hook'd Bar and Grill for lunch the next day. Absolutely beautiful view of the beach while we ate fresh grilled shrimp and redfish. After lunch, we drove to a place called The Conservatory Park. It wasn't quite what we were thinking but nonetheless very interesting. It was actually swampland with many dragonflies and Cypress Knees. We walked on wooden walkways around the swampland. Many warnings about alligators but we didn't see any. The dogs were not impressed with the 1.6 mile nature walk around the swamp. I was really surprised how fluorescent green the swamp was.

On Friday night, the family camp had a low country shrimp boil. Wasn't sure what made it low country, but found out that it means shrimp, sausage, corn, and potatoes. Many people showed up for the boil. I guess at $10.00 a bowl it was a very good deal and quite good

Next day, we headed for Jacksonville, Florida. We were staying at another Air Force Base Family Camp. The guards at the gate of the base were having a lot of fun with Guy's 33 year old military ID card. It is older than all of them. Mostly they were saying that they had never seen one that old. I think he keeps it because his photo is so young!

Since we both volunteer for Safe Harbor Lab Rescue in Denver, we couldn't help but stop for lunch at Safe Harbor Seafood Market and Restaurant for lunch. We had no idea what was going on. The place was jammed with three lines of people. The lady in front of me filled me in on the deal. The first line was to buy your fish which you were going to take home. There was a huge fish market in there with every kind of fish, crab, lobster or oyster you can imagine. The second line was for those who wanted to go through the market and pick the fish they were going to eat in the restaurant. The third line was for those with their fish and who were waiting to order the catch of the day and also eat in the restaurant. The lady in front of me handed the cashier her fish and told her she wanted it with no head and blackened and her scallops blackened. Those, a drink, and a side cost her $16.00. Couldn't help but imagine what that might have cost her in Denver lol. We ordered fresh grouped grilled and it was one of the most delicious meals we have ever had.

The dogs were sleeping under the table, when a lady came and sat down at the next table. She was obviously put out that the dogs were there and when the manager came over, she said something to him. We would gladly have moved to another spot but the manager just shrugged his shoulders. When we were leaving some time later, the woman said to me, "those are the best behaved dogs ever". I know! Good Annie and Arlo!