Wednesday April 27, 2022
Got up and back down the two flights of stairs for the last
time! The Riverview Hotel was lovely.
The staff were always cheerful and helpful.
The hotel was owned and run by the same family for nearly 100 years. It
was sold in 2019 and the new owners say they intend to maintain standards that uphold
the history of the place. The rooms are
very nice, everything worked. Comfortable
bed and quiet. You could wander from
your room into a sitting area on the second floor and go out on the wonderful
porch and watch the boats up and down the river. Sunday when we arrived the place was busy,
busy. Partly because of the Camden Days
festival but the weekdays were quieter. The
only two things that were negatives were the stairs and the breakfast. The breakfast was exactly as advertised – cereals,
fruit, pastry, yogurt, and juice. It was
fine for two days but by day three we opted for something more
substantial. We packed up and drove a
couple blocks to the Cedar Oak Café and had a great breakfast – biscuits and
gravy - Ben got his loaded – it came with 2 fried eggs and ham slices in among
the biscuits and gravy. Definitely a
substantial breakfast. Very tasty as
well.
We headed south a few miles on I 95 to the Fernandina Beach
exit. We continued on to the Wal-Mart
where we found chairs and a little beach wagon.
We are now set for life with all the beach gear we could want!
It was too early to check in to the hotel, so we continued down the beach a bit to Sliders where we sat outside under an umbrella and enjoyed a great lunch. Jane a fish sandwich and Ben an oyster po-boy. About 2 we headed back to our hotel and by the time we got unloaded we could check in. The afternoon was spent doing the vacation thing – resting from our very long day yesterday. Reading a book and catching up on emails. For dinner we walked a block to the Salt Life Seafood Shack where we knew the seafood was excellent. We both had mahi mahi and could not have asked for better.
Two types of Mahi Mahi for dinner
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