We landed in town to take on St. Augustine again. It's a great spot. We spent lots of time here on our way down - doing the Pirate Museum, Castillo de San Marcos (fort), Ripleys, Red Train, etc. We ended up doing the Pirate Museum again as per Connors request. It is a great museum afterall. We spent most of the time after that on the pedestrian marketplace enjoying the shops and the people. Dylan got the chance to pet a Therapy Dog in Training. 'Abbey' had her training vest on and most people were not allowed to touch her while she was 'working'. But, when the owner saw Dylan they let hem have a pet. Abbey is a great Dane and she towered over Dylan in his chair. Very gentle and very nice dog. I am sure she will pass!!
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| our first microcache! |
Next we had a chance to do a couple of geocaches in the area. This one that Connor is holding is a 'microcache'. It is a very small magnet placed at the coordinates that the owner has set. This one was a tough one as we had never seen a cache this small. Usually they are small containers full of trinkets, travel bugs and a notepad. This little guy was stuck to the bottom of a fire hydrant! very tricky!!
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| Posing with the Royal family of St. Augustine |
FROM CONNOR: Today, we went to the Spanish Easter celebration. Did you know there is a lot of Spanish history in St. Augustine? Queen Mariana commissioned the fort Castillo de San Marcos. The Easter festival happens each year. A group is chosen to be the Royal family. How the Royal Family is picked is they have to be able to trace their heritage back to 1672 Spain to be able to portray the family. There are only 3 people in the Royal family because the husband died. The son became the king. The 'fromajardis' is a spanish cheese pastry that is celebrated by the Royal family as a remembrance of the late 1799s when the Menorcans first came to St. Augustine. We got to eat the fromajardis and some other spanish cookies. They were good. The They also performed some dancing for the crowd.
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| Dylan enjoys the dancing! |
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