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The Grinch Who Stole Christmas is Alive....
This is a top pick! ... and the houses were on the opposite side. I came to these new (gated) housing developments. More opulent housing. At St. Augustine I stopped in for a view of the Lighthouse, then continued on into town. The town was established by the Spanish in ...
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 ...
Historic settlement
St Augustine was a quiet affair, a place with a history in both Spanish & English shipping, home to many pirates & rumoured to have many haunted ghost ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
St. Augustine
... we could 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Oldest place in America - kind of :-)
Well here we are in St. augustine. I sent most of you an email already telling the travellers tales. From here on in this website will be up and running for you to post your own comments! etc........These are some of the pics from our jouney so ...
st augustine,salt run
THE BRIDGE OF LIONS IN ST AUGUSTINE IS BEING REPLACED AND THE CEMENT LIONS ARE BEING REDONE SO THEREFORE THE ICW(INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY)IS CLOSED NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND.THERE ARE SCHEDULED OPENINGS SO WE HAVE TO ANCHOR NORTH OF THE SAN SEBASTIAN RIVER AND ...
St. Augustine
St. Augustine We spent a couple different afternoons in St. Augustine. This is the oldest city in the United States and is quite picturesque. They have the brick lined streets set aside for just pedestrian traffic. Lots of little shops with all kinds ...
Time for some history!
... first for St. Augstine is that the first slaves in the territory that we now regard as the United States were brought to St. Augustine on the day it was founded by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. Menéndez’s contract with King Phillip ...
A stroll under the dripping Spanish Moss
What better way to spend a morn than sitting in a beautiful square in Savannah, fanning yourself against the balmy heat of the day? Without a doubt, Savannah is beautiful though oddly whiffy. The roads are wide and lined on both sides with thick ...
St Augustine
... tree....with lights, very Florida!! Day 4 Okay...it has cooled down to about 60 degrees so we start our sight seeing of St. Augustine. We see Fort Castillo de San Marcos...now remember Florida was, Spanish, British, Spanish, and then US. We go ...
RoadTrip - USA Eastern Seaboard
... the British founded Jamestown in Virginia; Florida's St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the United States. The center of the city is very walkable, with pedestrian walkways or 'side walks' (can't get used ...
Seashells & remedies
... interesting parts. It is the oldest continuously occupied European and African-established city, and the oldest port, in the continental United States.The 17th century fort, Castillo de San Marcos stands right on the shore; it is the largest and most ...
Bryn Mawr Campground
we couldn't resist coming back to the beach and surf of St. Augustine for our last night in ...
Historic St. Augustine
... Ponta Verde - a spot we much preferred to either Atlantic or Neptune Beaches. Went by Sawgrass Golf Course - very ritzy. Made St. Augustine early afternoon and finally found the Visitor's Centre where we got the low down on several of the more than 24 ...
Daytona to St Augustine
... returning the Verizon Broadband Card for a working one, paying bills and mailing cards and package to baby Elizabeth. Drove to St. Augustine and stayed 10 miles south west of SA at Faver-Dykes State park, it has the look of old Florida. ...
Golf Hall of Fame
... . I enjoyed this more than the rest of the museum but then I'm not a golfer. Dinner was at a local Crab Shack just off the St. John River. It was very quiet tonight but you could see how they line up boats in the river when the season is busier. ...
Tough anchorage, great city
I had been talking about stopping at St Augustine (StA) for some time, but I had imaged a 2-3 hour stop to take a break, walk around the old fort and have lunch. I figured that would be enough. But I had not been in StA for some ...
Coasting along
... as we move along. After we left Patrick AFB, we anchored one evening then traveled to Palm Coast, and are now in St. Augustine for a bit. We have been sight-seeing for the past two days along with thousands of other folks who are here ...
Historic St Augustine
... Atlantic Ocean, but did not find the pictures with this group. ST AUGUSTINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Please visit the next blog on Orlando to view more pictures ...
a day in the life
I wanted to give you an idea of our day- my roommate likes to wake up 2 hours before we leave for the day. we go to breakfast, usually a continental breakfast provided by the hotel. we get our luggage out to the support vehicle called "big belly". then ...
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