Mayport, Fl 4/28

OK, we did go back to St. Augustine on Thursday.  Stopped at ITT and got tickets for 'Ripleys Believe it or Not' and the 'Pirate and Treasure Museum'.  Both were great, a lot of reading, but a lot to see.  It took us about an hour and a half to do Ripley's and about the same for the Museum.  The Museum would be great for kids as it has a lot of hands on things for them to do and a treasure hunt to do as they go through it.

Of course now it's time for lunch, found the 'Columbia' that had been recommended.....liked Harry's much better.  Not bad, but I guess I'm not all that fond of Spanish Cuisine.  After walking a bit on St. George street, again, we ended up by the dock where the tall ship the "Bounty" was parked, so down we go to see it.  They have 2 tours a day, but we aren't going to be there for one, so we just took a couple of pictures.

Back to walking through town and headed towards the museum.  It is about 3:45 when we get there and finished the tour a little after 5.  We were headed back to the car, then turned around and had a beer on the patio of a little bar on the front street, over looking the water.  Back to the car and headed home,stopping at the 'Reef' again, then left overs when we got home.  Both of us exhausted after 3 days of walking.

The USCGC Eagle

Friday we hung out at camp.  A load of laundry in the morning and then off to the grocery store.  ....Something must be going on, cars parked all over and more people down at the water than we have seen in the last 2 weeks.  OK, I'm nosey and walked over to ask somebody what was going on.  It seems the the Coast Guard Tall Ship the 'Eagle' was scheduled at 11:00, but here it is about 1:00 and should be here soon.  Once owned by Adolph Hitler, check out some of the history, pretty interesting.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Eagle_(WIX-327)

Well it is about 3:00 til we finally head to the stores, first to Wal-Mart, ugh, and then to the 'Fresh Market'.  Back home and an long walk on the beach, pork chops on the grill, and to bed early for me.  Today, pack-up and get ready for tomorrow,  our long 5 hour drive drive to Charleston, SC.