Age Matters

• Mike was thrilled not to have to pay to see this fort. Months ago he purchased the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Service pass. It's one of the few times he was happy to admit he's a senior citizen.
• Castillo De San Marcos National Monument. This fort is the oldest and largest stone fort in the U.S. Built by the Spanish during 1672-1695 with blocks of coquina (shellstone).
• When the British attacked St. Augustine in the summer of 1740, they expected a quick victory. After thirty-eight days of siege, the frustrated English forces left and returned to Georgia. The fort is over 300 years old and most of the damage to it has resulted not from the past battles but from the thousands of people who visit it each year.
• The San Sebastian Winery was a good place to head at lunch time. The tour took us from one extreme dry wine to sweet or desert wines. After tasting 11 wines we went to the basement on the Roof or the Cellar Upstairs. Being a wine novice this was a delightful experience. We relaxed to local jazz music and a tremendous view overlooking the San Sebastian River. We had one of the wines we tasted and some cheese. We went back to town on the train.
• Went to one of those Ripley's Believe It or Not Museums. There was a replica of Michael Angelo's "David". It was as 18 foot tall hand-carved marble statue weighing 20,000 pounds. I can understand why this was a controversial piece. I wasn't impressed, girls, if you know what I mean?
• A little shopping, at a store called Among the Flowers, I got a beautiful Vera Bradley pocketbook.
• Time for dinner at Harry's. All New Orleans style seafood. We were tired and ready for bed so we headed home. This time that little stretch of the leg became the walk of the long stretch of the leg. We had no trouble sleeping.