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| kingsley plantation |
| St. Johns river |
| everybody's restaurant baldwin, fl |
| kingsley plantation |
| of the trip |
| leaving at 8 am and heading to Fernandina Beach. It is cold this morning, and very foggy, we are starting out with chaps and I have a pair of long Johns on too. Unfortunately I have to wear my regular gloves which means I can't push the buttons on the cam corder. We took Hwy 156 to SR-225 and then Hwy 301. Soon as we hit 301 the fog lifted. |
Marcia is ready Steve and Jill should pull up any time.
| Traffic was light on Hwy 301, once we pasted I-10 and entered into Baldwin we stopped at the Everybody's Restaurant. Now we have seen this restaurant many times in the past and have always wonded. You know one of those I am going to have to time than now to check it out. The first thing I noticed pulling up is the smell of sausage cooking, and it was a welcomed smell. The restaurant has plenty of parking. There was a lot to choose from on the menu. This time I just had 2 biscuits with sausage (home made),cheese, and egg. I am getting hungry now. It was great. |
| After we filled up back to the bikes. One last thing if you are in the area it is only about 2 miles from the I-10 and Hwy 301 you should check it out. This is also the point I found out my touch screen on the camera is not working. Not a problem shooting video because I don't use it. But it controls all the setting on the camera, including play back to get an idea what I was doing, I am glad I just didn't put the camera up. But did shoot a lot of video on zoom. |
Looking east on Hwy 301 in front of the restaurant
Parking for the restaurant
| On the left is a picture of the inside of the restaurant. Past the opening in the middle of the picture is another room with a U shape bar for seating. Seemed to be neat for a group of 6 or 8 people. Back on the road. From this point to Callahan Hwy 301 is just a two lane highway. At the stop light in Callahan we went straight which is hwy 200. This took us right into Fernandina Beach. I don't have it on video because of zoom, but we did go downtown for a pass before getting onto A1A. We just wanted to check it out, we have a 2 night trip planned there soon. Once on A1A we started seeing more motorcycles enjoying the ride like us, while heading south. This is what we have been waiting for, I wish I was riding right now. Next stop Kingsley Plantation. |
| not built for speed, but for sight seeing. We followed this to the entrance of the plantation. This is also where we learned to get to the plantation, we had 3 miles of dirt road to travel. I know if I could see Marcia's face pulling up she would have had that deer in the headlights look. I don't know how many follow this site, but last year we made a trip HWY150 on that trip I thought I had found one of those cool short cuts. I saw the sugar sand but thought it just was at the end of the road only. Well after about 1 and 1/2 miles Marcia went down. Still sugar sand. Steve and Jill were sure she broke her leg the way it twisted. I was wondering if the ambulances had 4 wheel drive? Marcia walked it off, while she did I got back on the bike and went another 2 miles ( still sugar sand). I gave Marcia credit ridding back to the paved road, after that. |
| Here on the left is a picture of the road (HWY150) click on it for a bigger view. So here we are, we took a little break put Marcia's bike by the sign and locked it up, and off we go. The dirt road in it's self was pleasant to the eye. The road was in good shape, the dirt was packed hard. The parking at the plantation is either grass or gravel. We toured the plantation, but first we had to get some bug repellent. No seeums, bugs the size of a nat with a bite of a mosquito on steroids. |
| I think of them as flying jaws. There were quite a few people here. The main house was built in 1798 and for more information on the plantation I put a link at the top of the page which also shows a lot of pictures of the plantation. Alright back to the bikes, with a quick stop at the end of the dirt road. Next stop the St. Johns Ferry. |
Just arrived at the plantation
view from the entrance
| From the dirt road at the plantation, I don't think it took more than 5 minutes to get to the ferry. As we were pulling up it was great 5 minutes to get to the ferry. As we were pulling up it was great Here we met David and his buddies with their VTX club. We to see some more bikes. I always enjoy talking to other bikers. talked a while, and the only thing missing was a cold beer. The ferry crossing is quick. The price for motorcycles is $3.00. I also Below is a picture of us loaded up on the ferry. One thing nice about bikes, your the first ones on. |
Waiting on the ferry in May port
Neat picture of all of us with our bikes stage on the ferry.
Our last gas stop in Jacksonville Beach
| I had to stop here, I had a feeling that I was running out of tape for the camera, I was right. Here we are close to St. Augustine, still on A1A |
| Our last stop Sonny's in Gainesville. We had great trip, meet some neat people, found a new restaurant, checked out a plantation, took a ferry ride, and now filling our belly's one more time. The video came out pretty good. The next day Sunday we made a day trip with Dave & Glo, I had to make one more trip before sending the video camera in just in case it takes a while. For you folks up north, man I feel for you. Ride Safe....................... JUST GET OUT AND RIDE Michel & Marcia |
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