Monday, May 9, 2016

Friday - St Augustine

Friday morning - the east coast has some awesome sunrises:






Friday we went to St Augustine, a little under an hour south of Mayport. We took the red train trolley tour, getting off to tour Castillo de San Marcos, eat at Burger Buckets for lunch (Jake had a mac and cheese bacon burger, Gavin and I split a burger with candied bacon on top, Amelia ate fries), and for ice cream (Jake and I had our first dole whip float - may be my favorite ice cream ever).

Waiting for the trolley:
 Jake and Gavin sat in the back facing backward:

 The Spanish architecture was super cool. Seeing St Augustine was Jake and my favorite thing we did on this vacation.

 Outside Castillo de San Marcos:




We watched a reenactment of firing a canon, Gavin asked the soldiers a good question (How much damage can the cannon do?), and he got invited back to help shoot the cannon when he turns 16. He's asked me a couple times since if he can go.



 Gavin would later get this hat blown off and gone on the trolley:
Bought him a new hat at the Navy Exchange:
 Amelia got food on the way home since she didn't eat much lunch:
 chocolate milk:



More fun on the beach in the late afternoon: