St. Augustine, FL A Nice Long Stay (10/19-10/27)

 St. Augustine is a cornerstone of Florida's history.  There is much to see and do here and although 8 days seemed a little long we wanted to have some dowtime in between sight seeing days to do things at the coach. 

We received a lot of Amazon packages during this time, made many errand runs to Walmart and other places to further outfit Ruth for our adventures. As I said in my previous post, this resort was very well run and they were very gracious about receiving all our deliveries.  I have learned that every camping location you walk around, whether it is the morning or evening you see new campers with things that you think you might like.  It is almost like a roaving Camping World market each day as people move in and out of your camping orbit.  

Our neighbors during this visit to St. Augustine were a very nice couple from South Dakota on their way to South Florida for the winter with their two Vizla's.  We chatted off and on throughout out stay and they gave us some good tips on when and where to camp in South Dakota should we pass through there. 

We found a really fun group of folks to play pickleball with at Treaty Park.  They were welcoming and were a lot of fun to play with.  I tried to get some guitar practice in when we had some time at the coach, but we were out and about quite a bit. 

We walked around the exterior of Fort San Marco but it was closed to visitors due to Covid.  We walked Old Town St. Augustine.Some shops were closed, but it seem to deter the many tourists walking St. George street on a nice sunny day. 

We met up with some friends and family who were nearby, visited some of our old haunts from when we lived in Jacksonville, FL. We even drove by our first house in Orange Park, FL.  Not much looked familiar to us as development had changed the landscape from 30+ years ago.  It was fun to jog our memories though.  

 

We enjoyed a day of wine tasting at San Sebastian Winery and distilled spirits at  St. Augustine Distillery and drove A1A to get some gorgeous beach views and see the dunes of Anastasia Island. 

If you are in St. Augstine, have a meal, lunch or dinner at The Uptown Swinery.  It is a very lovely place for yummy porky products. 

Wild Boar Sausage - Mike's Favorite

Of course, there was still laundry to do and meals at the motorhome.  Our next stop is Charleston, SC.  This will be approxitely a 4.5 hour drive time, out longest yet.