Rick Mikulla 43rd Birthday Jacksonville Tour

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Rick Mikulla wanted to do something special for his 43rd Birthday. Being a Huge Ronnie Van Zant and Lynyrd Skynyrd Fan, what better than a trip to Jacksonville, FL to visit all the old Skynyrd historical haunts. Gene Odom picked him up at the airport Saturday morning and the trip began. Here are some of the photos and Rick can tell you the rest.

Rick pays his respect to his hero	Rick and Gene at Claude Hamner’s old country store. Part of the inspiration for “The Ballard of Curtis Loew”
Bench top from the cemetery where Ronnie, Steve, and Cassis were first buried	Rick at Brickyard road
Favorite eating spot of Ronnie Van Zant. Check out the sign!	Rick on the Dock at “Hell House”
Standing where the “Hell House” once stood. Left to Right Tony, Rick, Duane, Gene, and TR Real Skynyrd Fans!!!	The photo shoot of Nuthin’ Fancy back album
Anytime we get a visitor from the north. We like to work them a little. Rick helps install the hard wood flooring at “Coach” Leonard Skinner’s residence on the westside of Jacksonville, Florida	Gene and Rick collect a little bark off the Old Oak Tree, from the song “That Smell”
Freebird Cafe!	Judy Van Zant talks with Gene Odom and Rick Mikulla outside her FreeBird Cafe.
Coach Leonard Skinner autographing the famous guitar