More Activities

R played in the district golf tournament…notice the water.

After sloshing through 9 holes, she came in 2nd with a 43.

Then she played in the region tournament where they played 18 holes and she came in 4th with a 89.

T had a modified Field Day due to all of the recent rains.

Sponge relay…

a man on a mission…

some indoor activities…

grass stains after the tug of war…

sack race…

and 3-legged race.

Recent Activities

T had his final day of spring soccer and was awarded the best player in his age division.

We went to Crossville for a birthday dinner for Mike’s cousin, Mark.

Both R and T ran in the 5K race at Lee for Cystic Fybrosis.

Sunset Cruise

On our last night in St. Augustine, we took a sunset cruise on a schooner.  It was such a peaceful, quiet, relaxing time out on the water.

Mike got to be part of the crew as we began our trip…

On our back to the dock, we even got to see the moon rising.

Thursday in St. Augustine

Just wanted to show you our breakfast…another wonderful meal at the B&B.

We went to the World Golf Hall of Fame and spend a morning enjoying lots of memorabilia from the world of golf.

We had a snack of tacos before seeing more of St. Augustine.

Fort and Lighthouse

We had another great day in St. Augustine.  We started off at the Castillo de San Marcos which was a fort protecting St. Augustine from 1695 through the end of WWII. At one time or another though out the history of the fort, it was occupied by Spain, France, Britain and the US.

Then we rode the trolley to The Fountain of Youth…it didn’t work for us!

This is a picture of Magnolia Lane, which is deemed by National Geographic as one of the most beautiful streets in America.

We went to the Cathedral Basilica and then to the statue of Ponce de Leon.

We ate lunch at Columbia and our meals were Spanish foods…not sure what is was but it was very good.

Later in the day, we drove Anastasia Island where we went to the lighthouse…

There were 219 steps to the top of the lighthouse…luckily there several landings along the way!

We then drove to the beach…

Another great day! Did you notice any photo bombing?

Continuation

We thoroughly enjoyed our tour of Flagler College.

The college is liberal-arts school that began in 1968 as a all-women's school and then became co-ed in 1971 and became accredited in 1973.  It was named for Henry Flagler who had built the original building as the Ponce de Leon Hotel.

Flagler was an industrialist who, along with John D. Rockefeller, founded Standard Oil.  The hotel was built in 18 months with crews of men working around the clock.  Since the hotel catered to the wealthy from the north, it was only open 5 months out of the year.  Money was no concern when building the hotel and there are Tiffany windows throughout, beautiful works of art in every room, marble and onyx statues, and if something looks gold, it is golf-leaf.

We had fish and chips in a wonderful British pub.

Later, we took a stroll in Old Town and had some ice cream for dessert.

A Day of Learning

As we sat on the balcony of the B&B where we are staying, this is part of the view that we had.

After a wonderful breakfast, we were ready to head out to see Saint Augustine.

We began by riding on the trolley and learning so much from the driver.  We stopped at several sites…the Presbyterian Church that Henry Flagler had built as a memorial to his daughter who had died.  The magnificent structure was built in less than a year!

This is just one of the entrances to the church.  There is a mosaic floor and hand carved pews from mahogany. There is also  a mausoleum where Mr. Flagler, his 1st wife and his daughter are buried.

Here is Mike being photographer!

More to come in the morning!