On Thursday we said good-bye to Linda and headed north on
I-95. We had one more stop to make in Florida; St Augustine, the oldest continuously occupied
European-established settlement and port in the continental United States. I know, you thought that title went to
Jamestown Virginia, but that was the first permanent English settlement in the
Americas. Florida was settled by the
Spanish and belonged to Spain until 1763 when it was transferred to British
rule for 20 years. The Treaty of Paris
in 1783 ended war and recognized our independence, and Florida was given back to
Spain in their help during
the war.
Wayne and I took
2 days to drive the 279 miles to Indian Forest Campground in St Augustine. We
were told by the campground staff that the Trolley Company would send a
shuttle to pick us up at the campground!
What service and considering that rain was due, it was really appreciated.
On Saturday we started our day with a tour of the Old Jail. The guide stayed in character as he inducted us into the jail and showed us around.
Is this where the term jailbird originated?
Next we went to the oldest store
This store keeper had a price for everything, and
it would be delivered in 2 weeks…
The rain made an appearance, but the nice trolley
company gave us these highly attractive logo ponchos
And it rained some more
One of our stops was the Castillo de San Marcos.
It is the oldest masonry fort in the US.
Boom! The
re-enactors shoot the cannon
The outside walls
After touring the
Castillo we headed back to the Old Jail to catch our shuttle back to camp. Tomorrow would be another travel day and
there was much to be done before we got on the road.
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