Blogs from St Augustine, Florida, United States, North America - page 4

Decided not to ride but to see the sights. I was getting all my stuff in my trailer and ran out of room. I mailed 10# of junk home, and should send more home as well. Jill left this morning, but before she got away she introduced me to this cool site to post my journals. (thanks Jill) We had to go to Wal-mart for more stuff. I might be sending more stuff home still. Sam and I went to the fort for a cannon firing and walked the boardwalk. Went out for another great meal. Afterwards we stopped by by a couple art galleries. I hope I can get all my things in the trailer in the am. Keeping a close eye on the weather and planing our ride.... read more

Pirates! Pirates! The Pirates are coming!!!! Sail-Ho!!! (As the sinister black flag of a pirate ship has been spotted...) These are the fearful cries we could imagine were yelped back in the days where pillaging and plundering the goods of others was common practice among sailing thieves of that period. Dressed in colourful cloths, stitched with leathers and lace, adorned by headpieces as individual as the thieves they decorated and armed to the hilt with sharp cutlass swords, impressive flintlock pistols and muskets and knives of all sorts, these “Merchant Marines” gone bad commanded the fear and respect of all those they crossed. A most colourful history indeed... This summer, we spend 5 months in St-Augustine Florida, a historic town erected in the mid 1500’s with a vast history of discovery and piracy. This pearl of ... read more

So we left Newcastle on Friday the 27th at 9:15am , had a lovely flight, and landed at 1:30pm USA time. We headed straight to St. Augustines and stayed slightly out, near by the outlet malls. After our first steaks we gave into the jetlag and went to sleep, in a slightly grotty Ramada, complete with cockroaches and cold showers! Pops and I have forgotten essential items, such as thermal underwear for night times, with mother having the aircon on full blast, we are sick of being cold in Florida! So we woke up at 5:30 am, and had a lovely breakfast, complete with freshly made waffles from the waffle machine; amazing. Then headed to Prime Outlets, where nobody else was around, we were there for doors openig. It was lovely, we are saving ourselves ... read more

... you might want to visit this lovely old city for a few days. It's touted as the oldest city in North America. Yes, we did make it to St. Augustine by anchoring in the harbour south of the Lion's Gate Bascule Bridge, despite warnings about currents from our cruising guides. As we were out staring hopefully at our newly set anchor, we had an awesome experience. A pair of huge manatee swam slowly past the bow of the boat, noses out to breathe before they disappeared. We took it as a good omen and also congratulated ourselves for observing the SLOW SPEED Manatee zones posted in many places on the ICW. The St. Augustine City Marina staff and facilities are very welcoming. $10 a day to tie up your dinghy gives access to lovely showers, ... read more

FINALLY, its summer 2009 and i am on my way to St.Augustine beach,Florida ( the sunshine state). I cant even explain how excited i am because this year i got to bring my bestfriend with me, Shannon. 2 weeks of just tanning on the beach and swimming in the warm ocean with out a care in the world with my bestfriend, i couldn't ask for anything better. After a long 18 hour car ride we finally arrive at my cottage down south. It was a blazing 90 degrees already and we couldn't wait to throw our bathing suits on and get to the beach! We stayed at the beach for 8 hours on the first day...that wasn't such a great idea because we went through atleast 4 bottles of aloe vera that night. Note to self:where ... read more