{"id":6071,"date":"2014-09-30T08:43:11","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T12:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=6071"},"modified":"2014-09-30T08:43:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T12:43:11","slug":"jacksonville-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/30\/jacksonville-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville, Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hubby and I once called Jacksonville home. \u00a0While we completed our undergraduate degrees, we lived and loathed Jacksonville.<\/p>\n<p>But a lot has changed in the 9 years (!) since we graduated and we&#8217;ve been back several times to visit friends and attend events at our alma mater. \u00a0And while we&#8217;ve always taken the kids, we&#8217;ve not done much with them. \u00a0We usually spend our time eating at our favorite restaurants (European Street, Seven Bridges, Ragtime, La Napolera), hanging out with friends and often times shopping at the nearby St. Augustine Outlets.<\/p>\n<p>But that doesn&#8217;t mean Jacksonville lacks things for kids to do. \u00a0In fact, the last time we were up there, we had big plans to do tons of fun stuff with the kiddos (of course, hubby ended up terribly sick and I ended up as an out of town single parent).<\/p>\n<p>But we did get to go to The MOSH (museum of science and history) and the girls had so much fun! \u00a0The museum houses permanent exhibits like a history of Jacksonville and Northeast Florida; a journey through the digestive track; a whale, dolphin and manattee exhibit and more as well as a rotating exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;Insert lost pictures here! \u00a0The hunt is on and they will hopefully appear later&#8230;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>And, of course, depending on the time of year you can always head to the beach. \u00a0Being in Northern Florida, the beach is not swimmable year-round like it is in the South where we are but it is always fun to visit and walk in the sand!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC02521-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6073\" alt=\"DSC02521 (2)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC02521-2-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC02521-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC02521-2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC02521-2-333x250.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC02521-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC02521-2-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC02521-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC02516-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6072\" alt=\"DSC02516 (2)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC02516-2-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC02516-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC02516-2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC02516-2-333x250.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC02516-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC02516-2-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC02516-2-390x293.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC02516-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So that&#8217;s the extent of our travels with kids in Jacksonville (kinda lame, I know!) \u00a0But I have high hopes for future visits. \u00a0I&#8217;d love to take the kids to the Zoo, the Hands on Children&#8217;s Museum, Fort Caroline, not to mention all the wonderful things to see near Jacksonville in both St. Augustine and to the North!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hubby and I once called Jacksonville home. \u00a0While we completed our undergraduate degrees, we lived and loathed Jacksonville. 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