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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

St Augustine, FL

Little history lesson for you..........We took a day trip to St. Augustine, FL, which is the oldest city in the United States. We had to do the tourist thing and learn about the history, so we took a guided train tour of the city. Our first stop was the Fountain of Youth site. Ponce de Leon discovered our continent in 1813 on the very site that we stood. He named the entire continent Florida, which means "flower" in Spanish. He had heard rumors of a magical "Fountain of Youth" and, upon arriving, thought he had discovered it. There were people living there that were almost twice the size of a normal Spaniard, and they were living twice as long. This is why he thought this had to be the "Fountain of Youth" he had heard about. There were pretty gardens around the site that were full of lizards and peacocks. ???
Here's an old pirate ship that Reese thought was super cool.


We also toured an old fort there where they used to ward off invaders that came in by boat to try to take control of the land. John-Michael loves this crap. It was pretty interesting I have to admit.






So, here I am hot and a little sick and a lot tired and pregnant and having had all the history I needed for the day. :)

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