Jacksonville Beach

On March 16 we flew back to Jacksonville and Palm Cove Marina where Happy Daze was waiting for us.  After 5 hours in the airport the day before, our United flight got cancelled due to weather in Denver, so we went back home (taxi both ways!) and booked flight out next day with American thru Dallas, arriving at midnight Sat.

Melisa and Aslan drove up from St. Petersburg and Cristine had flown in from MO to visit with us before we took off.  Weather did a quick change from the sunny 80 degree days they had been having, to windy, cloudy, and 60's, but we enjoyed our time together, played games, and went out for great meals.

M&A drove back Monday morning so Aslan would be on time for tests at school.  Cristy joined Angie and I for a ride on e-bikes by Jacksonville Beach. 

It was quite pleasant and Cristy really enjoyed herself, until she took a spill.

 No one is sure what happened, maybe a storm grate in the street caught her front tire,  But she took a hard fall and was knocked out for a bit and in a daze after, with abrasions on her chin, cheek and shoulder.  A call to 911 brought the police and ambulance very quickly.

They took her to the trauma hospital ER (wow, what a busy place!).  We spent about 2 hours there while they did tests and scans, with mostly good results.  Her face became very swollen, bruised and scraped up.  It was a somber evening and a sad goodbye the next morning when we took her to the airport for flight home.  Took a couple of days to be rid of bad headache, but prognosis is good and we are relieved.

Angie and I took another day to provision and prep the boat for departure.  It was still very windy and cold, so no great enthusiasm to push off.