Day 4 - St. Augustine, FL (Part 2)

Well finally taking the time to get the 2nd half of our day in St. Augustine in the record books.  If you can't remember what happened the 1st half of the day.....go back a couple of posts and refresh your memory.

Our first stop after lunch was the Fountain of Youth.  Seriously, you couldn't come to St. Augustine and not see it.

 However, I imagined something more glamourous other than a cistern well with a spout.

But hey.....in case it really works, we helped ourselves to a glass full.  Actually, the smell of sulphur was really hard to overcome and I quickly drank my glass and moved on down the road.

After getting our share of this magical water.....we spent our time at the park watching a cannon shooting and getting our picture snapped in front of a beautiful spot.

  This guy is the BEST travelling buddy!

We left the park and headed over to the Lightner Museum.  This was a museum filled with all sorts of trinkets, jewelry, furniture, toys, collectibles, and all kinds of other stuff that had been collected by this man for years.  The museum was in an old hotel that was built and designed by Henry Flagler....the father of St. Augustine.

Do you see me standing in front of the building?

It was a beautiful old building and a beautiful collection of interesting stuff

 Another old hotel designed and built by Henry Flagler is now the current Flagler College.  What a beautiful place to be able to study and learn in.

 We were now headed out of St. Augstine on our way back to Orlando.  But we had one more stop to make before we got out of town......the St. Augustine Lighthouse.

My first time in a real lighthouse.  And I climbed every one of those 219 steps.  It was hard and difficult......but so worth it when you got to the top.

It was about 6pm and we had a 2 hour drive back to Orlando.....so off we went.  We ate a nice dinner at a stuffy restaurant where the wait staff and hostess were rude -- but the food was great.  We'll never eat there again and I don't even want to give them any advertising by publishing their name --- but the restaurant is named after a familiar professional golfer.

We had wisely selected a hotel 2 minutes from the Orlando Airport.....because we had a 5 am flight...which meant getting up at 3am.  We checked in the hotel around 10pm and chilled for a little bit....before trying to get some sleep.  Of course, those early mornings always come so fast and we are just NOT early morning people.

Another safe, fun, and a little somber time spent in Florida on December 6-9, 2014. 

P.S.  We have now determined that this was one of our most favorite cities ever to visit and that we would love to retire here when that day and time comes.  We absolutely loved it here and hope to be able to spend some more time there in the future.