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We Drank From The Fountain of Youth! And Toured Castillo De San Marcos

Another great day-we took advantage of the eggs, sausage and waffles at the hotel and used the jacuzzi one more time.  We went to the Fountain of Youth-a completely different atmosphere during the day than it was on our Ghost Train Ride there last night.  We tried a sample of the strongly flavored mineral water from the Fountain of Youth, while learning some history.  We learned about Ponce De Leon (a tall guy for his day at 4’11″) who arrived in St. Augustine to find a land of “giants”-which certainly must have seemed the case when he ran into an Indian chief standing roughtly 7 feet tall. There’s a statue of the Chief, at the Fountain of Youth, which was built according to the size of his actual bone remains…anyway, go there yourself if you can, it’s an interesting place.

We walked to Castillo San Marcos to walk around the federal fort and give Chris a chance to use his federal parks pass.  Then walked around an alleyway filled with shops and restaurants.

After our day’s events, it was time to move on, so we drove until we got to Georgia, parking in an enormous parking lot with only a handful of other cars.  I like Georgia so far. It sure was thoughtful of them to make a lot big enough for everyone and without any of those vile “no overnight parking” signs to worry about.