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Saint Augustine Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Saint Augustine, United States
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas is Alive....
This is a top pick! ... in the water or have a row of cars between you and the water. North of Daytona Beach to St. Augustine, my destination, was impressive. Heading out of Daytona Beach are the most amazing houses. Opulent and grandiose. The highway then ...
On to St. Augustine
... ; We decided to use the laundry facilities before travelling so pulled away from Jekyll Island about noon, moving on to St. Augustine. We have some concern as we move farther south about finding sites without advance bookings but were able to check ...
The oldest town in America!!
Arrived in Saint Augustine to some rain....But it was beautiful. We visited the San Sebastian Winery for a tour...the wine not so good. pics ...
A little chilly
... down into the historic district onto St George St. We walked about for an hour, saw lots of shops and historic sites. St Augustine is where Ponce De Leon found the Fountain of Youth, however we did not go into the archeological gardens to see the waters. ...
Playing Tourist Again
We headed to St. Augustine to play tourist again. After a quick drive through the heritage area we decided to sign up for the trolley that runs throughout the downtown. There is a lot to see here. Don's knees are causing him considerable ...
Colonial Town - Nations oldest city
The oldest and continually occupied city founded by Spanish Explorer Pedro Menendez de Aviles in 1565... Stunning little town gleaming with cultural old buildings and unhindered traditions... Really enjoyed browsing the old streets, taking it ...
Fort Matanzas and Castillo de San Marcos
... a nice breeze, but they still had to be HOT! Our second national park was just a few miles to the north in St. Augustine. Both Paul and I had been to the Castillo de San Marcos Monument before. One of the more interesting things about this ...
South at last!
... . Of course, there was no wind so we motored to Fernandina Beach where we spent the night; then moved on to St. Augustine the next day. Our sail guy, Dave, who is putting together our new stack-pack sail system, came over Tuesday morning for ...
Change of plan!!
... melt away, I guess I overlooked just how hot it can get. Whilst waiting to leave for the bus station and hence travel to Saint Augustine and begin the coast to coast effort I decided to call a very kind fellow cyclist who saw my posting on a cycle ...
Forts and dolphins in St Augustine, Florida
We've finally made it coast to coast on our trip, as we've now arrived in the northeast Florida town of St. Augustine, also known as America's Oldest City because it was settled by the Spanish in the 16th century, twenty years before Jamestown. We spent ...
5th August - You like crap ghost tours? Visit here
... to the moon. After lunch we were back on the bus for another reasonably short drive to St Augustine, the oldest continually-inhabited town in the United States. We had dinner at a pizza/pasta buffet place across the road from our hotel. Shortly after ...
Learning to Fish - Palatka Bob Style
... visiting and BBQ sampling with our friend Craig and then headed north. The first stop was Anastasia State Park in St. Augustine, FL. The park is situated on the ocean, with over a hundred shaded campsites in the woods. The deep ...
Another Tourist Day
... 'old tavern'. At this point we hadn't checked out the beach area yet so decided to go out to Fort Matanzas, another national historic site south of St Augustine. This provided us with an opportunity to check out Crescent Beach just at ...
Oldest City in USA
... car bumpers in parking lots or used decoratively around fountains at restaurants and hotels. This is the oldest city in the United States. There is the first Hotel, the first hotel with electricity and running water, the first school house, ...
It really is in sight now. Our last official day!
... to just stick to the freeways to make the timeline of 21 days for this trip. We have been able to visit a lot of states not on the direct route and are still well ahead of schedule. 5. Most importantly, start your day with prayer. Barb and I ...
Who you gonna call?..... Ghost Busters!
The night was spent at St. Augustines, America's oldest city. Here we were spooked out of our minds during a night time walking "ghost tour" of the town. After wandering home via the graveyard and gorging ourselves on a bucket of Ben and Jerry's choc ...
The World Awaits
I would like to begin this Travel Journal with a quick note to those people who are not familiar with my writing. Lets call this my disclaimer/warning. I am a horrible speller, I use ellipsis...way too much, I write like a talk (or maybe talk like I ...
Ye Olde City
... (according to the signs from the 1920s!), and looked like a rundown version of Blackpool. We finally arrived at our destination: Saint Augustine, the oldest city in the USA, settled in 1565 by the Spanish. After an hour driving around the narrow cobbled ...
Feelin' Alive on the 95
... on the surface to be a wonderful coastal city. Teeming with history since it is the oldest European settlement in the United States, tomorrow’s adventure promises to be exciting. It is a little warm this evening though….I hope it ...
Bikes and Forts
... is still a challenge due to its lack of european styled coffeeness... From there it was a short drive from Dayton to Saint Augustine. Funnily enough Daytona was more expensive due to all the Harley Davidson fans staying there on weekends. We were ...
Whirlwind America
... more questions that I didn't get to. I'm excited. I had a lot of fun today. I only have five days left in the great United States of America and most of that will be spent doing wedding stuff so look forward to another blog from Paris about the ...
St. Augustine
... see a shuttle on one of the launch pads, that shuttle was due to launch in about a month's time. When we got to St Augustine we went on a ghost tour -- apparently its the third most haunted city in the US... our guide went on and on about having ...
We have arrived....
Florida, here we come. We left Waterloo on Saturday morning about 9 am, not the fastest start to a trip but there is no real schedule to keep, so it didn't really matter. We were fortunate and the weather was quite fine for driving for the two days. It ...
Tears....
... couldn't fix!!!! A strange little town... but great cheesecake.... New York chocolate brownie.... can't describe the taste... amazing!!!! St Augustine is an old city, America's oldest European settlement..... a lot of history was to be seen.... as well as ...
We're Done... Woo Hoo! Praise the Lord
We're done, finished, completed, through, and every other word that signifies that I don't have to get on the bike tomorrow. We could probably sleep for the next week b/c we're tired, exhausted, tuckered out, fatigued, and in need of lots of ...
Isle of Palms to St. Augustine
... enough to use them and are tired of pushing hard to make distance all the time. We are going to have today in St. Augustine and carry on tomorrow. There are two cold fronts coming through today and the forecast is for 37 F tonight but in the ...
Florida
I'm really in Redmond Hill, GA heading into Savannah tomorrow. (I've camped out in the lobby of Best Western - though I'm staying at Motel 6 - free wireless). I've spent the last week with family and now finally have time to update the blog as I'm on my ...
A Winter Wonderland - in Florida!?
We drove the hour and a half from St. Marys, Georgia, into St. Augustine, Florida, oldest city in these United States. Our reservations were at Anastasia State Park, so we had to cross the Bridge of Lions (a beautiful drawbridge, which ...
Fra Atlanterhavets kirkegård til Bermudatriangelet
Kysten langs sydlige Virginia og hele North Carolina blir med rette kalt Atlanterhavets kirkegård. Utallige skip har gått ned her siden europeerne først begynte å ferdes i farvannet på 1600 tallet. Det er sandbanker som konstant flytter seg, ...