Day 7: November 10, 2020 A Florida Start Comment via blog Check Granny's letters of the day |
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I paused at the Suwannee County courthouse on the way out of Live Oak. It is another town that honors veterans by lining the streets with their names. |
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This spring in Branford's Ivey Memorial Park is a real touchstone in connecting with the travelers of 1920. Granny describes it and they spent a night camping nearby. When we stopped here in 2001, a large wooden deck bordered the spring's south edge. By the time I returned in 2015, is was completely surrounded by decking although most of it was hidden by the unusually high river waters. |
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Granddad and Granny spent Thanksgiving nearby on the banks of the Ichetucknee River. The area had already been a state park for thirty years when we passed through in 2001 but reaching the river was straight forward. I noted at the time that tubing on the river was popular and that has only increased and become more organized with large paved parking lots and shuttles. |
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A couple of miles east of Hawthorne I moved onto an unpaved road bypassed by the modern FL-20. I managed to pretend it was 1920 until the dirt road turned into a two-track that ended in someone's yard. The last picture is of the other end where it connects with CR-20a. |
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Edgar is one of the places Granny mentioned, and when we stopped here in 2001 the post office was still in operation. As the plaque explains, it closed in 2010. |
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I must have driven by this place before but somehow missed it. Today I did not miss Angel's Dining Car and ducked in for a cheeseburger in the rain. |
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This brick pavement once led to that long gone 30¢ toll bridge over the Saint Johns River. We also stopped here in 2001. What a difference nineteen years and a little rain makes. |
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A couple of driveby shots as I drove through Saint Augustine. I'll be back. |
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There was no bridge here in 1920 so Granddad and Granny spent 51¢ on a ferry then returned and camped in south Jacksonville. I crossed on the bridge then returned to "camp" with a cousin. |
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