We are back from a week in Florida; it was a long overdue, family vacation for the three of us.
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| waiting for take-off! |
Our destination was
St. Augustine, Florida. The beach. If you know me then you know I'm from San Francisco but living for the last decade or so, landlocked, in Colorado. I love and miss the beach. We were at a different one every day of the trip.
The photo above was taken at the beach named for the town, during an after dinner stroll.
We had amazing weather -- it was perfect, in the high 70s and sunny every day.
Note: Ben enjoyed photo-bombing me the entire
week, and when I took a photo of him he either made a face or closed his eyes, on purpose.
None of us had never been to St. Augustine before; it was just beautiful. We all loved it! It's the oldest city in the US, one that is often left out of our history books because it was established by the Spanish, not the English.
The city happened to be celebrating the 500th anniversary of Ponce de Leon's landing while we were there; it was a festive atmosphere!
We visited some of the historical places, stayed away from the touristy spots (like The Fountain of Youth), and mostly just marveled at the beauty of the old town while we enjoyed the beaches and feasted on sea food.
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| the St. Augustine lighthouse, where we walked up, and down, 14 stories |
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| me, at the Fort |
We did so much walking, including a stroll across the Bridge of Lions on our last evening there...
The bridge was named in honor of Ponce de Leon, which translates to Prince of Lions
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| approaching the city from the bridge |
It's a drawbridge, and at one point we had to stop to let this tall-masted ship go under:
Have I mentioned how much I love the beaches?
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| Dennis playing in the water |
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| tons of shells! |
And, while I'm not fond of showing off my less-than-tiny physique in a swim suit -- while I had my toes in the white sand, it didn't matter a bit! I was in heaven!
I have photos to show you of things we ate, shopping I did, and my favorite old building we toured -- more later!
Our destination was St. Augustine, Florida. The beach. If you know me then you know I'm from San Francisco but living for the last decade or so, landlocked, in Colorado. I love and miss the beach. We were at a different one every day of the trip. The photo above was taken at the beach named for the town, during an after dinner stroll.
We had amazing weather -- it was perfect, in the high 70s and sunny every day. Note: Ben enjoyed photo-bombing me the entire week, and when I took a photo of him he either made a face or closed his eyes, on purpose.
None of us had never been to St. Augustine before; it was just beautiful. We all loved it! It's the oldest city in the US, one that is often left out of our history books because it was established by the Spanish, not the English.
The city happened to be celebrating the 500th anniversary of Ponce de Leon's landing while we were there; it was a festive atmosphere!
We visited some of the historical places, stayed away from the touristy spots (like The Fountain of Youth), and mostly just marveled at the beauty of the old town while we enjoyed the beaches and feasted on sea food.
We did so much walking, including a stroll across the Bridge of Lions on our last evening there...
The bridge was named in honor of Ponce de Leon, which translates to Prince of Lions
It's a drawbridge, and at one point we had to stop to let this tall-masted ship go under:
And, while I'm not fond of showing off my less-than-tiny physique in a swim suit -- while I had my toes in the white sand, it didn't matter a bit! I was in heaven!
Comments
Just saw your post over on Button Floozies, too, and looking forward to more about the ancient buttons.
xoxo
Karen
Love your new blog header, too!
I miss going to Florida, looks like the family had a great trip
So glad you got in the ocean in a picture for us LOL
can't wait to see more pictures and I loved all those little shells !
I'm so happy you all got to enjoy the sun! What a loooooong winter you have had.
They are just beautiful and the bit of history that I wasn't aware of... quite interesting.
What a wonderful getaway for all of you!