Himself was up early to get this great sun rise.
Today was a Tourist kind of day.
A trip to St. Augustine, the earliest settlement - 1565 -
in the Continental United States by Europeans.
Lighthouse at St. Augustine.
219 circular wrought iron steps up.
View from the top.
219 easy steps down.
How would you like to wash those windows?
I butted in line to get the glass of water from
The Fountain of Youth. Need it now!
Don Juan Ponce de Leon had heard rumors of the Fountain of Youth
and that spurred him into finding this land now called Florida.
You remember that from school, right?
Himself seems to stagger under all the knowledge and facts we learned today.
The Spanish held this area for a couple of hundred years before giving it up to the colonies.
Peacocks, especially the male, are just stunning.
It is mating season, someone told us, and the peacocks were vocal and strutting their stuff.
1672 Spanish Fort
17-foot block walls, hand built.
Himself and I spent the day driving an hour north, climbing a lighthouse, walking around the Fountain of Youth compound and a historic Spanish fort. We watched cannon and musket demonstrations. We had a surprisingly good Tourist lunch of crab cakes and a Cuban burger, eating at a picnic table while watching people and peacocks. We came home for our supper and then witnessed a thunderstorm march in, threatening and bragging and dropping a couple inches of rain.
We are worn out, I am sunburned and it will be early to bed.
Can't wait to hit the floor running tomorrow!
1 comment:
For some reason, I kept thinking you were on your way back already and am so glad to hear that my thoughts were wrong! Keep going! Maybe drive up the coast of South and North Carolina? All those beach towns have the greatest houses in wonderful colors!
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