Friday, March 16, 2018

St. Augustine 3/16/18

I can honestly say I have caught up with the blog and I'm in real time again!  Yikes, that's a lot of work!
 
Bob still has a pretty bad cold and is still tired but we are going to make it into town today some how or another.  We are leaving tomorrow so I need to pick up a few groceries! and prescriptions!
 
 Storymaker is beautiful!
However, she sure is full of barnacle's on the bottom!
Gonna have to take care of that....we'll only be moving
at 4 knots if we don't!
I believe Santa Maria Restaurant is closed for good!
They could rebuild, but doubtful....
It appears to be abandoned at this point
Look how low the water is....
you can see the muddy water over to the
other side of the sign....the boat is right on
the edge....
We had a new moon that is the reason for the
water receding....


The Oldest House in St. Augustine
Wow...how long has it been since you've seen one of these?
Nice lion seats
Palm tree with 4 more palms coming out of the bottom of it
Nice sitting area....this is a guest resort
The Love tree

This is the tree Bob is standing by....
I got this off the internet....Our Love Tree! Ahhh!!!

The damp, temperate climate of coastal Florida inspires growth from a number of varieties of flora. So much so that the town of St. Augustine has a number of “love trees” where two separate species of tree grow in, on, and through one another.

According to local tradition, if two lovers kiss beneath one of the rare, yet unmistakable arbors they will share an everlasting romance. While botanists from around the world have neither tried to, nor been able to verify this effect, many couples who have shared an intimate moment beneath the variegated branches still return on their anniversary to renew the romantic spell. As of this writing there are around seven of these love trees to be found around the city.    
One of the trees is located in front of the iron fence that runs along a playground on Bridge Street, just east of St. George Street, which is where the above coordinates point you.
Do you see the palm tree growing out of the middle
of the oak tree....
Our Love Tree! Ahhh!!!
The palm at the top of the oak tree...
 Sun starting to set
 Biker's welcome to St. Augustine!
Makes me want to get another bike and start ridin'!
Where we ate tonight!
Outside photo of it
 
Well as you can see we made it into town.  We had to take Uber to three different places, drop everything off on the boat and then head back into town for dinner for our last night here.  Tomorrow is a big day...we are moving north again!
 

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