EAST COAST FLORIDA

ST. AUGUSTINE - OCT. 12 - 15 
Our campsite at Anastasia State Park was surrounded by live oaks dripping with spanish moss, palm trees, palmettos, and a plethora of tropical plants.  This was one of our favorite campsites.

I don't know what this plant is, but it's beautiful and seemed to grow everywhere.

WHEELIE FUN!
St. Augustine is rich with history as it's the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the U.S.  It was founded in 1563 by the Spanish and was a key setting for the Civil Rights Movement in the early 1960's.  

After we learned how to drive and control the Segway in a parking lot, Corley, our guide led us around the streets of St. Augustine.  By the end of the 2 1/2 hour tour I had 'seglegs' - cramps in my legs and feet.

Spanish Colonial era buildings and 19th century architecture add to the charm of St. Augustine.
In the 1880's Henry Flagler established this city as a popular winter resort
 for the Northern East Coast wealthy by building ornate and extravagant hotels.

Castillo de San Marcos - construction began in 1672.
The material used to build the Spanish fort is coquina, a shellstone 
quarried from the Historic Coquina Spanish Quarries at Anastasia State Park.   

Driving on St. Augustine Beach.

Before leaving St. Augustine, we had the recalled part for the refrigerator replaced.  

MOVING ON DOWN - OCT. 16 - 19
Taking some time off from sight-seeing, we spent 3 days being lazy and chilling out in central Florida at Orlando RV Park in Clermont, FL.  The park is about 10 miles from Disney World, and although it's been 28 years since we had been to the Magic Kingdom, neither one of us felt the need to visit Mickey and friends.

The next stop was in Fort Lauderdale; we stayed 1 night at Yacht Haven RV Park. 

Dock your water yacht, or park your land yacht at Yacht Haven.

THE REINERTSEN SISTERS
Friends from Wisconsin, Don and Ginny Reinertsen, have 2 daughters, Pam and Cindy, who moved to Florida several years ago.  We were happy to see both Pam and Cindy while on the east coast.

Pam lives in Jacksonville.  While we were in St. Augustine we met Pam for lunch.

Cindy invited us for dinner at her home in Boca Raton.  Cindy has turned her backyard into a tropical fruit tree garden and served up some freshly picked star fruit and mango.