St. Augustine Days Inn West Saint Augustine

... met Paula and her sons who were signing books. Below you'll see our picture with her.

Brooke's visit was topped by the cruisers' Thanksgiving Day potluck attended by some 75 cruisers in the Brunswick Landing Marina. There were many interesting dishes as well as the old standbys to fill up our plates.

After Brooke left, Mike and I finished our provisioning and had dinner at a St. Simons ...

... National Parks Service (the cannons and guns are also perfectly preserved). Additionally the fort is on the bay and affords beautiful views.

St Augustine is a beautiful old town made for wandering up market lined streets. We really enjoyed our stroll through this beautiful piece of history. Love and Peace to you all, the feeling young, Bek and Jesse Train.

... Andy and I took the time to go through this amazing three story building full to over flowing with oddities of every type and description. St. Augustine has enough to take in that it deserves another visit and another and another. A bit touristy but well done, lots to learn, lots of "Ahhh's and Ohhhh's" in response to history and architecture. Many museums to go through that we left for future visits.

Much of our enthusiasm for ...

This entry is just to finish up the map so we get a total distance traveled.

We made it home safely though. Kalee was confused at first to see us. Chloe was instantly excited. It took a few minutes, but then Kalee was too.

Lots of laundry and unpacking to do today!!

Total miles traveled: 11,687 - that doesn't include all of the miles that we walked either!!

... ver escudos, banderas y caņones de nuestra tierra. Todo muy interesante, pero no habia aire acondicionado, y la calufa era asfixiante. Un dato curioso, los muros del castillo estaban hechos de coquinas.

San Agustin was one of the places choose for the Spanish as a strategic site in their transit routes from the New World to Spain. Don ...

... electricity for the AC. I didn't want to keep everyone up at night, so we slept with the fan on and the windows open, but it was still 85 degrees at night. The lack of AC in this kind of heat is a drag, but the fishing made it all bearable. We'll be back in November and I can't wait.

With no more spots available for the weekend, we headed north to Little Talbot Island, FL. where I hope to try Bob's secrets on a new beach.

Went to the Tourist Information Center. It is big.
Joined Old Town Trolley Tours for a city tour.It was raining.The tour company gave us ponchos rain gear.Saw the oldest house,Flagler College and oher city attractions.
Visited the Lightner Museum.Saw collections of marbles,shavingmugs,crystals,furniture, etc
Stopped at ...

Passed the TIC of Florida for info and hotel coupons.
Drove to St Augustine,Florida.
Stayed at Howard Johnson's Hotel in St .Augustine,Florida.
It is owned by an Indian,Tour trolley buses passed it's ground frequently because it has the oldest tree in St.Augustine.
Ate dinner at Buffalo Bill's restaurant.Mahi mahi with mango..pepper and onion and fried shrimps.
It was raining all day.

St Augustine is another old beautiful town rich in history. When you visit, the trolley tour is a must. Also a visit to the old lighthouse. There are many fine restaurants in the area. This is another place that we will return to. Our campground was nestled in the woods near town and very nice.

The drive down to St Augustine from Charleston was 275 miles - about 5 hours drive. Slept most of it. It was good weather most of the way down, until we reached Florida, "The Sunshine State", when it started to rain!! It soon brightened up again and was really hot by the time we arrived at St Augustine. It's the oldest city in the US. We wandered ...