Yesterday we went to St Augustine on a bus with others from the park. The best thing we saw was the old fort, Castillo De San Marcos. It is is national monument and ran by the National Park Service. Some of the rangers were dress in official Spanish army uniforms, which looked very hot. This fort was started in 1672, making it on the oldest structures in North America. It was not completed until 1756. It was initially built by the Spanish to protect their empire in America. The fort was never overrun but it has served under six different flags. When the fort did change hands it was always done by treaty.
Here is Larry by the cannon.
We also saw several other things, for example the oldest Wooden School House, the old city gates, the non catholic cemetery and Fountain of Youth. At the Fountain of Youth we all drank from the spring, so the next time you see Larry and I we should look younger! The grounds were full of peacocks and peahens. We were able to get very close to one peacock who want to cross the pathway full of people. Here are some picture, but the don't do the colors justice.
Here is some more nice scenery at the Fountain of Youth, that I noticed! ;-)
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