On Monday the 15th ... tax day eh ... we arrive near Jacksonville and decided to find the Navy base which had a camping facility. The GPS and super phone help there led us to the Navy Mayport base.

 

This is a destroyer base and there are many neat ships moored in the harbor once you get on base.

 

As a side note here and why this would have been more difficult several years ago; as we were stopped at the gate security they asked for our ID and current vehicle insurance proof. Upon fetching our papers they pointed out that my insurance cards had expired the week before. OK ... cut the generator on ... get the desktop and printer on ... go to my insurance website ... and in less than five minutes had printed current ID cards for both vehicles ... couldn't do this life without the tech stuff.

 

 

The Pelican's Roost RV park on the base right on the Atlantic was great for our $19 and we had a couple of nice walks around the area ... still quite windy and about 78 degrees.

The place was easy to get to, the folks there great, and the sites were concrete with paved roadways and full hookups for the bus.

If you wanted to spend a week exploring the area around Jacksonville this would be an excellent place to base out of.