Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Sightseeing

Jen and I spent the last few days touring around the Daytona Beach area, seeing what there was to see. Monday we went about 10 miles down shore to Ponce Inlet, sight of the tallest lighthouse in Florida. I've past the place lots of times before but never stopped in to take the tour of the place. The museum was pretty interesting. Alot more interesting than you would think a lighthouse museum would be. I snagged a cool pic of it that turned out pretty good too.

Today we drove north up to St. Augustine, the oldest city in the U.S. and yet another nearby attraction that I've never been to despite my 10 years of annual visits to the area. The place was super cool. St Augustine is an old Spanish Colonial settlement dating back to the 16oos. The Spanish influence was the first thing that you notice as soon as you get into the older sections of town. I'm not one who usually likes touring old things but this place was different. We also poked around inside the Castillo de San Marco, the fortress that protected the city and bay area from British forces. I think next week I'm gonna ride up to St. Augustine, cruise around on the bike and then head back. It'll be around 118 miles. But it's Florida, so it will be completely flat. No...seriously. And now for the pics:
Ponce Inlet Lighthouse
The sign says it all...

Downtown St. Augustine...felt like Europe

3 comments:

Steven Gordon said...

dude St Augustine is def awsome...you should check out the aligator farm nearby

Steven Gordon said...
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Steven Gordon said...

dude St Augustine is def awsome...you should check out the aligator farm nearby