Matt and I had the entire day free and decided we should go see the sights of of the City of Jacksonville. Unfortunately there really wasn't a lot that sounded particularly interesting after looking through the TripAdvisor recommendations. Surprisingly, Matt was interested in the Jacksonville Zoo which was completely fine with me so that became our primary attraction for the day.
We started, however, with lunch at the Jacksonville Landing on the St. John's River. The Landing is a retail and restaurant development which has struggled since its opening but is one of the more well known landmarks in the City. There ate a disappointing lunch at Finn McCools before heading out to the zoo. The Jacksonville Zoo has over 2,000 animals spread out over 117 acres and is most well known for jaguar and tiger exhibitions. We both thought the zoo was very well done and allowed for fairly close of viewing of the animals in fairly nature settings.
On the way home we stopped at the second largest West Marine in the nation to pick up a part we had ordered to repair the VHF radio on the flybridge. The day finished by walking the other direction down the road to Marker 32, yet another restaurant recommendation of our friend from Fernandina Beach.
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