16 May 2009, 1230 GMT-5
N 30° 24.448'
W 081° 34.870'
Port of Jacksonville
Just got on board the ship, the "Fascination". Wonderfully cheesy name right? Anyway, spent last night in Albany, GA. Got up this early this morning and drove the last 3 1/2 hours to Jacksonville. For me the highlight of the drive was going through a wide spot in the road called Ty Ty, GA. Yes, Ty Ty. Apparently they are proud of that name, because all 3 businesses in town used it in their name. I can't believe someone would name a place Ty Ty, or that people would want to live there.
Found the port no problem, but had one minor hiccup at check-in. After my bag went through the x-ray machine the security guy asks if that is my bag. I nod. He then asks me to show him my knife. At this point I break out in a slight cold sweat. I tell him I don't think I have a knife. He assures me that I do. Cold sweat increases. He tells me where he saw it in my bag. I dig around in it for a second and pull out one of my Case pocket-knives. Evidently I had left it in my backpack and forgot about it being there. The security people tend to frown on that type of thing. I made it out without the full cavity search though, so that was good. What was kind of odd was that they let me keep the knife. You can take knives on board as long as the blade is less than 4". That was kind of disturbing to me given the quantities of alcohol people tend to consume on these things, but I guess we'll see how it goes.
(Napoleon Bonaparte Broward Bridge, Jacksonville, FL)
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There is a bridge named after Napoleon in Jacksonville, FL? Okay... that's, um... unexpected.
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