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Sunday, July 28, 2013

St.Augustine

Need/to/find/a/better/picture/to/open/the/Tale
The/day/opened/with/a/walk/across/A1A
 And/a/walk/on/the/beach













 On/Saturday/people/picniced/beneath/the/pier
I/appreciate/a/good/bumperstivker
 Breakfast/buffet
I/did/not/swim.//Showered,thenhad/breakfast
No/hot/items//Plenty/pastries/and/donuts///Took/two/slices/of/bread/for/lunch
The/view.////$79/bucks/incl/tax///Ablock/from/the/Atlantic//Iwill/be/back

A/blue/heron/saw/me/leave/at9:48
At/10:10/4/spoonbills/flewby/asIlauched/at/Anastasia/State/Park
Paddled/south/to/the/start/of/Salt/Run////Not/very/far/////Saw/another/roseatte/spoonbill//No/pic









This/home/marks/the/end/of/the/Park/on/the/west/side/of/Salt/Run////On/the/east/Park/property/stretches/to
/the/St./Augustine/Inlet









I/turned/around/here///Where/the.Run/widens/and/a/beach/appears/as/thetide/goes/out////Popular/for/
sunbathrs/and/anglers/////Human/and/avian










My/first/seaturtle/photos





Landed/at/1:30///Had/a/summer/sausge/sandwich

Then/biked/intotown






Crossingthe/Bridge/of/Lions///Ding/Ding/Ding!////The/gate/came/down///Great/I'll/stop,take/photos//
Hey!!!Get/off/the/bridge!!/////The/tender/came/out/ofhistower///Oppps///I/had/gone/past/thefirst/gate///I
/pedaled/on/ducked/under/the/gatein/frontof/me/and/went/on/my/way/////Apologizing/to/waiting/drivers





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmb-08if6v0&feature=youtu.be

Missed/the/BOOM!///Again.////Must/have/hit/the/off/button/when/the/cannon/went/off
A/couple/asked/me/to/take/their/picture///They/returned/the/favor///The/result/is/the
opening/photo

It/is/$7/tocross/the/moat/into/theCastillo/Good/for/7/days/////I/need/to/save/for/a/repaired-new/laptop

St.George/St.//Pedestrians/only///I/walked/my/bike///Don't/want/the/cops/BOLO/for/a/drawbridge/running
/biking/in/walking/street/scofflaw










Cathedral
 Detail

 Confederate/Memorial




Maybe

Riverside/mini-golf










Crossed/the/Bridge/without/incident.
 Noticed/a/little/creek/flowing/under/A1A/so/I/stopped
 Must/go/into/the/AlligatorFarm
 The/stink/of/birdpoop/was/strong////The/Farm/attracts/birds/building/nests/just/above/the/gators






Lucky/me/the/trees/are/higherthan/the/fence






The/Lighthouse/is/across/the/street/from/the/Alligator/Farm



As/I/did/at/the/Castillo/and/the/Alligator/Farm/I/did/the
/cheapskate/tour

Outside/the/pay/area

Back/to/the/Park/at/4:10///6.83/miles///Ifmy/odmeter/iscorrect


Views/from/a/dune/overlook
 On/the/beach





Drizzle/was/falling/from/the/time/I/returned/to/Anastasisa/State/Park





Stopped/at/Washington/Oaks/Gardens/State/Park


 The/Gardens/are/on/the/other/side/of/A1A



On/the/oceanside,the/coquina/that/built/St.Augustine

Shell/fossils





Back/on/the/road.///Nice/scenic/stretch.
 One/view/blockage///Flagler/Beach/Pier

 Beach/bar/just/outside/Gamble/Rogers/State/Rec/Area

Open/vista/again
 Just/a/13/minute/to/Highbridge/Road/but/a/beautiful/one
Ormond/Loop,BulowCreek
Tree/canopy/ends/the/Tale

Iwill/greetyou/from/Myakka/River/State/Park.Friday.

1 comment:

Brenda M said...

Love S.A., but especially Washington Oaks. Beautiful on both sides, and while the beach side is a bit rocky, it's almost always quiet there.

On the gardens side near the seawall, we once saw a pair of dolphins and their baby. Beautiful park!