Day 209: Monday, April 1 , 2013

Port to Port: St Augustine, Florida

Underway: 0:00 am      Motor Off: 0:00 pm      Miles Traveled:       Stayed At: Marina

Mile 780 to Mile 780: Time to do the touristy thing. Most of our boat projects are done and we are ready to explore this beautiful town. Our main goal today is to tour Fort Castillo de San Marcos. This is the oldest masonry fort in the United States  - construction started in 1672 – and it has never been overrun. It has changed hands many times – but each time it was as part of some other agreement. We only have time for one major tour – we are glad this was our choice.

We found many more shops that we missed yesterday and we enjoyed wandering, snacking, and people watching all afternoon. Cindy did buy a nice St. Augustine t-shirt – Augustine is her maiden name so we might have to cross off the Saint part. We wish we had more time but we feel like it is time to start heading north before the bulk of the snow birds and Looper’s hit the trail. We’ll be back though.

After rice cooker beef stew for dinner, we got everything ready to leave early tomorrow morning. We are almost done with Florida. It’s been a amazing visit and we will be leaving with many great memories.