Sharp's Travels

We began at the Visitors Center in St Augustine, Fl this morning.
We parked the truck here and began our walk of the city.
We picked up our maps at the Oldest Drug Store; it was filled with old time remedies for whatever ailment you had.
We passed through the Old City Gates onto St. George Street. We walked by the Oldest Wooden School House, built prior to 1763; the Spanish Quarter, a 1740’s Spanish village and Saint Photios Greek Orthodox Chapel.
We also did all the little shops all the way down the street.
We stopped for lunch at a little café and we each had a Penni Sandwich, which was very good.
By 1pm we were ready to head for the Castillo de San Marcos Fort. They had volunteers dressed in costume ready to demonstrate the firing of the cannons. Gay got lots of pictures of the fort.
We had to go back to the Visitors Center to pick up the truck to cross over the Matanzas River to Anastasia Island to visit St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum.
We took the audio tour as we moved through the grounds and up into the lighthouse. We got all the history that way. This lighthouse is 165ft. high and you have to climb 219 steps to reach the top. We enjoyed the spectacular view of the city and beaches from up there. We learned about the keepers, their families and browsed through the museum.
Our last stop was Ponce de Leon and the Fountain of Youth. We had a drink of water from that Landmark Spring. We took in the Navigator’s Planetarium and the Explorers globe as well as checking out the grounds.
Today we had 85 degree weather. I guess we have finally made it back to the warm weather here in Florida!
Gay has uploaded pictures of the day. See album: St Augustine