St. Augustine, the oldest city in the USA

St. Augustine is always one of our favorite places to visit.  So much history and so much to see.  Especially when the sun is shinning!!!

 Little shops (that's me in the blue jacket on the right - getting a free sample of pizza!)

Small gardens everywhere.  This one celebrates Queen Isabella.

The Castillo de San Marcos

Flagler Collage, formerly the luxurious Flagler Hotel - first hotel in FL to have electric lights!  The building is under renovation, making it look a little less luxurious.

Across the street is the Lightner Museum.  The Lightner was originally a hotel, too, one for mere mortals who were relatively wealthy.  The Flagler was by invitation only to the very rich.   The Lightner boasted the largest swimming pool in the US - the lower level of the hotel was simply filled with water from a sulfur pool...ugh... Johnny Weismuller, one of the early Tarzens, practiced here. Today the lower floor has been turned into a cafe.

Latitudes is on a mooring, swinging with the tide.

And Luke's great shot of the St. Augustine mooring field, with the Bridge of Lions in the distance.

And a peaceful sunset

Fellow boaters Mimi and Otto plus Bonnie and Pete caught up with us here!  We had a great pot luck dinner last night at Mimi and Otto's boat, plus watched one of the playoff games together today.

Tomorrow we will leave with Mimi and Otto and motor down the ICW about 50 miles to an anchorage near the Ponce inlet, en route to New Smyrna Beach. Luke has checked the weather and I will check for things like the location of bridges that we'll have to request an opening from, known hazards in the ICW like shoaling, plus any other info that will be helpful along the trip.