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Tim and Linda Bunyan
Nostalgic street of oaks and Spanish Moss.
After our Trolley Ride, we went on our own Walking Tour down St. George Street.
We went to dinner at the A1A Ale Works Restaurant & Taproom.
We tasted a flank sampling of seasonal, local beers served from light to dark on a plank.
Mike enjoyed a (high IBU) bold Swamp Head, Oatmeal Stout from Gainesville, FL. Sherry preferred the 'palate cleanser' light, and Tim liked the local Aardwolf with a citrus flavor. I liked the taste of dark roasted malt flavors with hints of chocolate.
The TINI MARTINI Bar ....next door;
not yet open for serving so we did a walk-thru and made plans to re-visit this intimate cocktail bar at the Casablanca Inn.
Passed by the cute "LIKIT" Ice Cream shop
Something for everybody on St. George Street.
The landing area is much as it was in 1513. This is the entrance; as you can read, 2 more blocks to the coastline....and that fountain of youth!!! just 2 more blocks!
An impressive site, The Great Cross stands 208'.
Cathedral Basilica Parish of St. Augustine
Governor's official residence from 1710. Government House constructed of Coquina, a sedimentary rock composed wholly or almost entirely of the transported, abraded, and mechanically-sorted fragments of the shells of mollusks, trilobites, brachiopods, or other invertebrates. (Shell Fish).
Tin Can Tourists - The First Recreational Vehicles in America. Popular Mechanics (a magazine I recall my brothers read) gave the specifications how to convert Model Ts to campers.
A Step Into The Past.
For Sale: Everyone needs an Alligator.....from Gator Bob's!
We have traveled about an hour South to St. Augustine, Florida from the city of Jacksonville, Florida. Mike and Sherry are at the KOA about a mile from us here at the Anastasia State Park at St. Augustine Beach, Florida.
Living in Florida is a living postcard, at St. Augustine. A paradise that feels like a fantasy. soak-up-the sun on a stretch of fine white sand, communing with the tropical-multi-color birds, and the dolphins on our boat tour along the waterway. Onshore, the lush palm trees shelter the coquina and stone fort. St Augustine is the perfect place to see cultural establishments of the Spanish and French and English and final victor: Flagler.
We stopped, on the way, at Discount Tires and got 4 new tires put on in about an hour! Here is Tim putting away the spare.
It tucks up underneath the RV on a nifty pullout rack that Tim added to CasaRoll.
New Endurance tires! Made for RV and can carry more weight. NOT....; but will enjoy living with a nice weight margin.
Mike and Sherry found a local Fish Market and had us for dinner, a couple of miles from our RV park at their place, at the local KOA. The meal was fresh Halibut (huge and wonderful) and crab cakes (huge and wonderful)!
NEXT DAY:
We have a Trolley Tour of St. Augustine...The Nation's Oldest City. The trolley is a great way to get your bearings of attractions around the Historic Downtown District.
The Colonial Oak Music Park is a pleasant venue for live music. This beautiful old live oak spreads its branches over the seating area.
Nostalgic street of oaks and Spanish Moss.
After our Trolley Ride, we went on our own Walking Tour down St. George Street.
We went to dinner at the A1A Ale Works Restaurant & Taproom.
We tasted a flank sampling of seasonal, local beers served from light to dark on a plank.
Mike enjoyed a (high IBU) bold Swamp Head, Oatmeal Stout from Gainesville, FL. Sherry preferred the 'palate cleanser' light, and Tim liked the local Aardwolf with a citrus flavor. I liked the taste of dark roasted malt flavors with hints of chocolate.
The TINI MARTINI Bar ....next door;
not yet open for serving so we did a walk-thru and made plans to re-visit this intimate cocktail bar at the Casablanca Inn.
Our Walk-About on cobbled streets of St. George Street - Historic Downtown:
Passed by the cute "LIKIT" Ice Cream shop
Something for everybody on St. George Street.
Nice walk along the Matanzas Bay waterfront and the City Marina, the Bridge of Lions to the oldest coquina and masonry fort Castillo de San Marco (315 years old).
Nice breeze and Tim spotted the boat, owned by Y-Not travel friends: Chris and Cherie (Technomadia). We are going to meet them for cocktails tomorrow evening.
The scenic grounds dating back to the city's founding. Statue of Juan Ponce de Leon. He landed here in 1513.
The old City Gates and Walls are a surviving part of the walls that once surrounded the nation's oldest city. 
An impressive site, The Great Cross stands 208'.
Cathedral Basilica Parish of St. Augustine
Lightner Museum, formerly Alcazar Hotel funded in 1888 by Henry Flagler.
Governor's official residence from 1710. Government House constructed of Coquina, a sedimentary rock composed wholly or almost entirely of the transported, abraded, and mechanically-sorted fragments of the shells of mollusks, trilobites, brachiopods, or other invertebrates. (Shell Fish).
We ended our Tourist Day back at Gator Bob's and took a step back in time.
Laurel and Hardy Music Box, still works for just $.25.
Tin Can Tourists - The First Recreational Vehicles in America. Popular Mechanics (a magazine I recall my brothers read) gave the specifications how to convert Model Ts to campers.
A Step Into The Past.
For Sale: Everyone needs an Alligator.....from Gator Bob's!
NEXT DAY:
Laundry Day at the State Park. One washing machine; one dryer........got 'er done! Tim went to the Wells Fargo Bank and stocked up on rolls of quarters! Tim also installed LED strip lights inside my closet. Motion activated ON. Recharges with a USB. Tim went to the Propane store and filled our tank. Used 20lbs (7 1/2 gallons) in these past two months......Good to GO!
NEXT DAY:
Sherry and Mike reserved an ECO TOUR for the four of us. We saw dolphins swimming around us.
We waved to our Technomadia.com MobileInternetinfo.com Resource Center travelers Chris and Cherie as we passed by their boat.
Scenic drawbridge built in 1927, The Bridge of Lions. The bridge connects downtown St. Augustine to Anastasia Island (where our rv park is located) across Matanzas Bay.
Happy to be boating: Mike and Sherry on the ECO Tour boat on the Intracoastal Waterway.
Sherry has a pink feather of the roseate spoonbill, the official bird of St. Augustine. We spotted one on the shoreline eating their favorite food: shrimp.
We met up with Technomadia (Chris and Cherie) at the Tini Martini Bar for lots of travel talk!
NEXT DAY:
Lightner Museum
Mike and Sherry and Tim and Linda set the alarm to meet up for the 11:00 Mechanical Music Demonstration. The exhibit displayed many at-home listening experiences. 1877, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph while working on improvements to the telegraph and the telephone.
Stella music box that produces musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving disc to pluck the tuned teeth of a steel comb.
Also at the Lightner Museum is a museum of antiquities from the collections of Chicago publisher, Otto Lightner.
The museum was originally commissioned as Hotel Alcazar in 1888 by Henry Morrison Flagler. It is a Spanish Renaissance Revival architectural style of Carrere and Hastings. Notable for being among the earliest examples of poured concrete buildings in the world. The Breakers is also a gilded age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, belonging to the wealthy Vanderbilt family.
The fine collection was stunning....from the (1870-1900) Gilded Age.
Button Wall collection.
This is a display of important plumbing faucets and assorted handles.
Wall of Handbags. 
Mike, looking in at Fine China......so interested!
This place setting includes decorated Sugar Cubes......an art my Grandma Klaus accomplished!!
Crocheting stitches of interlocking loops.
Glass and Crystal collection.
Excelsior Steam Engine of Blown Glass.
The above is just a sampling of Otto's collections; we are happy a place of home is found for the fine display of turn of the null century null.!
Across the street from Lightner Museum is a private four-year null college: Flagler College.
Architects were Carrere and Hastings working for industrialist, oil magnate and railroad pioneer Henry Morrison Flagler. Completed in 1886 as the Ponce de Leon Hotel was an exclusive luxury hotel built by millionaire developer and Standard Oil co-founder: Henry Morrison Flagler.
Tim at the doorbell at front entrance!
Mike and Sherry having fun taking a picture while including the magnificent domed ceiling above!
The woman's Drawing Room where they would retreat to be served tea, and tell stories. I love this chandelier.
The menu from the Hotel Ponce de Leon. Dinner leads off with Blue Points: New York small oyster. Hors-d'oeuvres of Shrimp, Robert (butter, mushrooms, white wine, and milk base). One of many types of meat dished: Lamb and Roast Ribs of Beef. Other menu selections: boiled golden plover on toast. Vanilla Ice Cream for dessert on menu 1888, about 10 years prior to facilities for making and storing ice began in St Augustine in the early 1900's.
Mike enjoys what he sees at the former Hotel: Ponce de Leon; now Flagler College.
The dining room filled with early Charles Tiffany windows. This area is still used as the Flagler College Cafe.
Period dresses 1888 at the Ponce de Leon Hotel.
Mike at the Flagler College
Mike and Sherry strolling around campus!
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Historic St. Augustine Distillery, first legal distillery since Prohibition.
We enjoyed our tastings of St. Augustine "Florida Mule".
The meal of the day where grassroots entrepreneurship and history meet at St. Augustine Distillery next door at The Ice Plant restaurant. Great food, atmosphere, and the staff were great! Homemade chips were a crowd pleaser!
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NEXT DAY:
Sherry and Mike reserved an ECO TOUR for the four of us. We saw dolphins swimming around us.
"Y-Not" waving as we pass by on our ECO Boat Tour. They are traveling the Intracoastal Waterway and have connected to a ball while they take a week here in St. Augustine.
Scenic drawbridge built in 1927, The Bridge of Lions. The bridge connects downtown St. Augustine to Anastasia Island (where our rv park is located) across Matanzas Bay.Happy to be boating: Mike and Sherry on the ECO Tour boat on the Intracoastal Waterway.
Sherry has a pink feather of the roseate spoonbill, the official bird of St. Augustine. We spotted one on the shoreline eating their favorite food: shrimp.
We met up with Technomadia (Chris and Cherie) at the Tini Martini Bar for lots of travel talk!
NEXT DAY:
Lightner Museum
Mike and Sherry and Tim and Linda set the alarm to meet up for the 11:00 Mechanical Music Demonstration. The exhibit displayed many at-home listening experiences. 1877, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph while working on improvements to the telegraph and the telephone.
Roller Organ: at-home model of music play.
Also at the Lightner Museum is a museum of antiquities from the collections of Chicago publisher, Otto Lightner.
The fine collection was stunning....from the (1870-1900) Gilded Age.
Button Wall collection.
This is a display of important plumbing faucets and assorted handles.
Wall of Handbags. 
Mike, looking in at Fine China......so interested!
This place setting includes decorated Sugar Cubes......an art my Grandma Klaus accomplished!!
Crocheting stitches of interlocking loops.
Excelsior Steam Engine of Blown Glass.
The above is just a sampling of Otto's collections; we are happy a place of home is found for the fine display of turn of the null century null.!
Architects were Carrere and Hastings working for industrialist, oil magnate and railroad pioneer Henry Morrison Flagler. Completed in 1886 as the Ponce de Leon Hotel was an exclusive luxury hotel built by millionaire developer and Standard Oil co-founder: Henry Morrison Flagler.
Tim at the doorbell at front entrance!
Mike and Sherry having fun taking a picture while including the magnificent domed ceiling above!
The woman's Drawing Room where they would retreat to be served tea, and tell stories. I love this chandelier.
The menu from the Hotel Ponce de Leon. Dinner leads off with Blue Points: New York small oyster. Hors-d'oeuvres of Shrimp, Robert (butter, mushrooms, white wine, and milk base). One of many types of meat dished: Lamb and Roast Ribs of Beef. Other menu selections: boiled golden plover on toast. Vanilla Ice Cream for dessert on menu 1888, about 10 years prior to facilities for making and storing ice began in St Augustine in the early 1900's.
Mike enjoys what he sees at the former Hotel: Ponce de Leon; now Flagler College.
The dining room filled with early Charles Tiffany windows. This area is still used as the Flagler College Cafe.
Period dresses 1888 at the Ponce de Leon Hotel.
"ICE is the cornerstone of the American Bar and an integral component of a well-made drink".
Historic St. Augustine Distillery, first legal distillery since Prohibition.
The meal of the day where grassroots entrepreneurship and history meet at St. Augustine Distillery next door at The Ice Plant restaurant. Great food, atmosphere, and the staff were great! Homemade chips were a crowd pleaser!
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FINAL DAY:
We took Woodstock, the kitty cat to Pet SuperMarket for his annual shots and went to the Fort to honor those that came before us to this beautiful, first city in America.
Castillo de San Marcos
The fortress is located on the western shore of Matanzas Bay in the city of St. Augustine, Florida. Designed by Spanish engineer Ignacio Daza. Built with masonry stone made of a stone called coquina. (small shells).
Coquina mined here......just outside the RV park where we reside in Anastasia State Park, St Augustine, Florida. Coquina and wild flowers remain.
Our final night at Anastasia State Park, St. Augustine, Florida. Our meteorite shower got 'rained out'. Tim and Woodstock getting thru it. Too many clouds. We went to the 'other side' to Mike and Sherry's neighborhood for an evening of sheer visiting enjoyment instead and walked the kitty cat around the KOA rv park.
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