Near Jacksonville, this park is situated near the fort and also happens to be on several miles of pristine beach. The fort was built in 1847, no battles were ever fought here, which probably explains why it is in such great condition.
At least a dozen 10 inch guns are mounted on the ramparts. These guns are huge!
A 10" cannonball would weigh 128 lbs.
The favorite beach activity here is looking for shark's teeth. If you're good at it you can find quite a few in a day. I tried for hours, found none. A very gracious young lady took pity on me and gave me 3 she had found. She has been finding them here since she was three.
They are usually black because they have fossilized. It takes about 10,000 years for them to do this, so the black ones are at least that old.
Anastasia Island State Park, St. Augustine.
We could only get 3 days here, its a very popular place. Once again an incredible beach...
and only minutes from St Augustine's "Nights of Lights", Christmas extravaganza.
View of the Historical Section from the bridge.
Traffic was stopped on the bridge so I hopped out and took this picture.
The lights in town.
It was 28C here yesterday, today 14C.
Tomorrow we head west, to O'Leno State Park in north central Florida. No beach.......but its supposed to warm up again.
My next post will probably be from St. George Island, one of our all time favorites. We'll be spending Christmas and New Year's there.
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