St. Augustine has existed for 444 years, founded in the 16th century, in 1565. This city has seen endless calamities, including fires, floods, destructive storms, and wars. St Augustine has survived and now flourishes in the 21st century. We took the trolley ride thru the city and got a history lesson as well. The marina is in the heart of the city, right on the ICW, also called the Matanzas River in this stretch. There are numerous restaurants on every street, it's a tough choice where to eat.
A city this old has to have a historic fort, here are some pictures of the Castillo de San Marcos.
Thursday was a chore day, at least for
half the day. We had dinner at Harry's, a seafood restaurant, excellent food. A competitive game of putt putt golf rounded out the evening. Tomorrow will be a travel day, the weather should be sunny with temps in the mid 70's, and winds around 5 knots. Tomorrow is also our oldest son's birthday. Happy 31st Birthday Dan!
3 comments:
Beautiful pics. Wish it was 70 here. Unfortunately, it hardly made 55. Still early spring I guess. Glad to hear you are having such a great time. Would love checking out all those wonderful restaurants. Luv Ya, Sheron
Hey Jim and Mary! St Augustine looks great! Feels like we were on the boat ride looking at the scenery as we scrolled down the pix! This weekend, rain, oh joy! Ed is re-doing the basement shower and is considering under-taking the re-tiling of the foyer...yeah, gone would be the 70's tile! The kids continue to count down to the end of school, which is end of May. So far they are doing well with their grades. They said they miss you and hope you are having fun! Take care and be safe! Love, Sue and crew...
Hi you two,
We are enjoying your blog. Pictues are great. What an adventure.
Boat has been in since 5/1 but no boating weather here. The lake has 9' waves today and we had tornado sightings last night but no damage that we have heard of.
We're getting ready for our trip to the Grand Canyon. Tom figures the time we spend at the dude ranch before we start the rafting trip ought to do us in. Sounds lke fun to me.
Give us a call when you're coming into Vermilion and we'll get some pictures of your return.
Glad you're our of the Gulf.
Tom and Suzy
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