Home for Becks on the St. Mary’s River

We dropped Krissy off after spending the afternoon with her on Amelia Island and headed towards Hilliard.  Becks grew up in this little town and her family still lives in and around the area.  We pulled into her house just as her Uncle Mike got back from power washing a house.  Becks had bought a book about the history of Nassau County and we decided to drive down to King’s Ferry to see if we could find some of the old buildings that were in her book.  Uncle Mike accompanied us on our drive and was very entertaining. 

Although we did not find the homes we were looking for we did get a chance to hang out on the St. Mary’s river.  We watched some kids fish and watched the water flow by the banks.  It was very pretty and made us all wish that we had a boat to spend the afternoon on.  The weather was perfect to sit in the sun, drink some beers and let the afternoon pass us by. 

Later that evening Becks’ dad came home and we ordered a pizza.  We all sat there, eating pizza, drinking a few beers and talking.  It was interesting to hear him talk about growing up in Hilliard, his dad and the truck stop his family used to run. 

By 11:00 p.m. I was ready to hit the sack and turned in while Becks and her dad kept talking.  Mitch’s air conditioner was not working but luckily with two fans going I was able to get a good night of sleep.