What a great question, Thanks for asking Jim-Donna!
I always plan extensively, not just for JA but any trip (even Yellowstone).
A lot of the plans gets scrapped (sand gravity - what have you), but all the hours I've put into planning are like a bunch of mini-mental vacations.
On our last reach we ended up pretty well on hitting the restaurents we wanted to check out, bars were more hit and miss.
I don't recall how many country side-trips we planned, but the only time we shed the beach and limestone (west end) gravity was for Rocklands Bird Sanctuary (very worthwhile).
For this next trip I'm planning on hitting some of the Red Grounds gin mills that Kahuna has been featuring in his trip report.
Regarding the come-bleep-me shoes, Mrs. Peel (my fiancee) always says she's: "going to continue to wear high heels until her feet are too crippled."
I say, rock on.
