NYE In Jacksonville, FL

A couple of days after Christmas we packed up and headed toward Florida to thaw out. Literally. We’d just discovered that the low-temperature limit of our Arctic Fox travel trailer is 5 degrees and our fresh water tank was one huge ice cube.

We’ve had plans to be Florida snowbirds for at least a year because that’s how far you need to plan in advance. Our first stop was Hanna Park, owned by the city of Jacksonville. Hanna Park is awesome. It is oceanfront and the full hookup campsites are tucked into a jungle of live oaks and palms.

And it has mountain biking trails!

We loved walking to and on the beach. It was chilly but we spent a lot of time on the beach since we knew that the next few campgrounds required a drive, rather than a 5-minute walk, to the beach.

We also went into Jacksonville and walked along the Saint John’s Riverwalk.

It was a nice walk, but mistakes were made that day. Notre Dame was playing in a bowl game in that stadium (and won) and we were not in there.

Then, we spent New Year’s Eve with Michael’s sister and family! We had not visited them since they moved here ~1.5 years ago and got to see their new house, meet their new kitty Sprinkles, and ended 2022 with yummy sushi rolls at Hana Moon. Cheers to 2023!

Next, we spend January in sunny and warm southeast Florida.