Last Updated December 16, 2003

Todays Date Is: Tuesday, December 16, 2003

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Come join us at the BEACH!!!
View of the Atlantic Ocean with miles of beaches
* Spacious rooms- All oceanfront with balconies

Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
January 22 - 25, 2004

Jax Bash Registration Fee is: $40.00 This covers the Saturday night Banquet Dinner but not the cost of dinner on any other night.

^{Deadline for the Bash}

^{is January 7th, 2004}
Please make sure you send your checks in to Gembunny
For any additional information
you can ask any of the
Jax Bash Committee Members Below
Gembunny, FlScarlt, Sunsetnfl, Cuddles2, Cody60, Im^Barb, Greyhown

Days Inn
Jacksonville Beach Oceanfront
 1031 First Street South, Jacksonville Beach,
FL 32250, 904-249-7231, 800-329-7466
Oceanfront guest rooms with all rooms including large, private balconies.
We will all be on the 7th and 8th floor.
There is a hotel elevator, so no climbing stairs!!
A beachside pool is also on site, as well as a guest laundry facilities,
and a continental breakfast is served daily.

Directions
From I-95 North:
Exit 126A East to St. Johns Bluff Road;
Continue to J. Turner Butler Blvd. & turn left (East);
Continue to A1A & turn left (North);
Continue to 11th Avenue South & turn right;
3 blocks to hotel.

From I-95 South:
Exit 101 (SR 202) J. Turner Butler Blvd & turn right (East);
Continue to A1A and turn left (North);
Continue to 11th Avenue South & turn right;
3 blocks to hotel.

Two Views of The Hotel
The Hotel Pool	A View Of The Beach
One of the Rooms with double beds. The view from the sliding glass doors of of the beach and ocean.

Room Rates: $64.00 + Tax for all rooms This rate includes a Continental Breakfast.

When you call to make reservations, be sure to tell them that you are with the Jax Bash 2004 Group, and mention the $64.00 rate. Please make your reservations soon, as there are other events going on this same weekend.

Click above to read more about Fiddler's Green

Come join the 'Locals' for a great dinner Fiddler's Green Oceanside Bar & Grille.

Fiddler's Green is an old seafaring term used to denote a sailors paradise - heaven or, as Webster defines it; "The imagined Elysian field of sailors and vagabond craftsmen, where credit is good and there is always a lass, a glass, and a song."A sailor who died, and was known to have enjoyed such pleasures in his life, was often said to have gone to Fiddlers Green. We will be ordering from the menu and each person will be responsible for their meal.

Our Banquet will be held at The Homestead

Good Ole Southern Cookin with all kinds of 'Southern' Delights!!!

History Of The Homestead Resturant

The Homestead Restaurant is a two story pine log building constructed in 1934. It is located along one of Jacksonville's major traffic highways. Originally designed for use as a private residence, the building has housed The Homestead restaurant since the late 1940s. The original owner of The Homestead restaurant was Ms. Alpha O. Paynter. She sold the establishment in 1962 to Preben and Nina Johansen, the parents of the current owner, Kathy Marvin. They owned The Homestead from 1962 to 1975 when they sold it to Carmen Macri. Along with owning the Homestead, Preben and Nina Johansen were also developing what would become a tradition of unique oceanfront dining with Le Chateau. Le Chateau was a family owned restaurant on the oceanfront in Atlantic Beach. The Johansen family operated Le Chateau from 1959 to 1982. In 1990, Kathy, followed in her father's footsteps and opened First Street Grille, an oceanfront restaurant in Jacksonville Beach. Malcolm and Kathy brought The Homestead back into the family after purchasing it from the Macri family in March of 2002. Ghost Story Many of our customers have heard the numerous stories of the haunted Homestead and the friendly ghost of Ms. Paynter. Ghost Tracker investigations contacted the owners and requested the privilege of spending several nights at The Homestead to capture evidence of spirit activity throughout the restaurant. Some of the incidents were quite interesting and amusing such as strange noises, a womanhumming, several pictures of orbs throughout the dining room, and finally an eye-glass case being thrown at one of the investigators. I guess Ms. Paynter wanted her guests to leave! For more information and photos, log onto Ghosttracker.com For more information on The Homestead Ghost go to: http://www.ghosttracker.com/hauntedflorida.html

Everyone brings a white elephant gift to the bash to exchange with another bash attendee.
Bring something that you've shoved back in your closet and have no need for.
You never know, your white elephant could be another's prize!!!!

For those who like to Shopping, there's "Specialty Shopping!!! Click the seahorse to see what is offered.

Click above for more information.

Relax and enjoy a one hour and fifteen minute cruise aboard the Victory III. Departs daily from the Municipal Marina, in downtown St. Augustine. Enjoy a unique view of St. Augustine available only from the water. Partially narrated tours from 3rd and 4th generation captains provide an incomparable way to enjoy St. Augustine's historic land marks and natural sites of interest.

For those who like to gamble there's the excitement of the 'La Cruise', a 215 foot cruise ship with Las Vegas style casino where you can dance to the music of their live band. They offer Bingo, Slots and Poker. Leaves from Mayport where you can watch the dolphins at play as you cruise out to the 3 mile limit. Click LaCruise Icon for more information.

For the History Buffs there's Pablo Historical Park 425 Beach Boulevard, Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250, 904-246-0093, There are three historic buildings with exhibits explaining the history of the beach resorts served by Flagler's East Coast Railroad located at this park that offers guided tours of buildings. A museum that features a collection of artifacts and photographs is also on the site.

And for those who love to "frolick" in the waves, as we know MoGal does, collect shells or just walk along the sand, you have the beach and the ocean right outside of your room! There is an elevator so you won't have to take a tumble off the balcony Mo!!!!

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Click on Banner Above to Go To the Registration Form
If you will need transportation to and from the Hotel on your arrival
and departure arrangements will be made.
You will need to include the date , the time, flight # and airline
on both your arrival and the departure flights.
(See Form by Clicking Yellow Banner above))

Mail payment & form to:  Bunny Antonis P. O. Box 350426  Jacksonville, FL  32235-0426 email is:  gembunny@comcast.net

 

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