St. Augustine Florida

St. Augustine

We arrived here late Monday afternoon and are staying at the Anastasia State Park. We paid for 2 nights before seeing the place and quickly regretted that decision. It certainly is quiet enough, but we are camped in a “hammock.” For those of you who don’t know what that is, it is the really dense vegetation that is native to Florida. The loops we are on have what look like openings cut back just enough for a camper and not much else. Tucked back in here it is dark and infested with mosquitoes the size of canaries and lots of them. The dogs only go out long enough to do their job and come back in. I have to go out there with them because Terry attracts mosquitoes and he becomes a walking smorgasbord. We believe that is related to the meds he takes because we find this to be the rule no matter where we are.

We did take off today and did a walking tour of St. Augustine. It is very interesting and historic. We saw the Huguenot and Old Indian cemeteries as well as the old city gate. We elected not to go to the fort this time as we have seen it before, but it is a very beautiful fort and very well preserved. There are many old interesting buildings and if you are ever in this part of Florida, St. Augustine is worth a visit.

We are moving on tomorrow, but we don’t know where to just yet. We were headed down to Brandon’s in Melbourne, but Hurricane Wilma is currently in the Caribbean and knocking on Florida’s door. There are several models and ideas as to what course she will take and none of them good for Florida. We think our plan will be to hang out here in the northern part of the state so we can go north if we have to and wait until the coast is clear to run on down to Brandon’s. It may be the weekend before we start heading down there.

Till next time. . .

Dale