Here is a little bit more about the ST. Francis Inn, house built 1791. Here is the website: http://www.stfrancisinn.com/inn.html it right down the street from the oldest house in America. The history of the house is to much to put in here but go to the website for more. The most striking item on the property is an artisan pond fed through the porous rock. Because of this there is a lingering smell of sulfur. The pool is no more than 4 by 5 feet and stocked with three large, foot and a half long Koi, white, orange, and orange white. A fountain in the middle and surrounded by small brush like trees. The breakfast included some great tasting Belgian waffles, with large slices of ham, along with these warm dishes, I had to have a hard boiled egg, there were many breakfast items but I stuck to the basics.
Joanne and Don swung by the Inn at 1015am and were kind enough to drive us around. We went to the old fort downtown to check on the small cannons I am looking for the Junior Pioneer banquet in 2012. I could not stop at The Hermitage outside of Nashville, this is where I bought the one I showed the board. That day it was raining and after 6 at night. Well as we can get into these parks free after buying the oldtimers pass for $10. we entered the gift shop, there were many cannons for sale none like the one I found. But I thought it would be good to see if they would discount for 40 of them, he would give me 10%. Seeing they were not the right type I said I would have to check with the board for the right to go over the $3 at The Hermitage. We went back across the street to the old town. We walked the street stopping at different stores. We then saw a chapel, reminded us of Corfu Greece, Greek Orthodox. The art was old but well cared for, just a couple small rooms. We then walked into the chapel and there to the left were the small tapers light in remembrance. As Shirleen and I have always lite on for the parents, as we did in Corfu, we lite one here. We went into the next chamber, there was the Nicene creed on the long wall. There was also a TV monitor at the end looking toward the chapel. Don was looking at the monitor and noticed a guy who went into the chapel and then went out but shortly returned and leaned over the left side tapers. It looked to him as he blew them out, we went to see and he did, why??? He had a t-shirt that indicated he was a Jesus follower. We later saw him walking the streets with his teenage son. We decided to eat at the PizzaAlley restaurant. We had a Yuengling beer and a really tasty crispy-crusted sausage and mushroom pizza. I would recommend this as a noon stop. We walked through the smallest Hilton, beautiful art work for sale.
This afternoon we went to the small fortress Fort Matanzas National Monument built in 1740 to guard the inlet and serve as a place for warning of approaching enemies. This sight is down from St. Augustine. It was a small fortress manned by 6 or 8 people. You take a pontoon boat to the other side of the inlet. The ranger gave a stirring history of the sight, well done but as Don said it is different each time they take people there. The ground floor was used as a living quarter, table, bunks 6 of them side by side you would enter your bunk from the foot side no area between the bunks. It also had the equipment for the 4 cannons. Above it was a lone bed, thought to have been the commanders area. From there to the roof was a small hole with a straight up ladder that you could shimmy through. From there you could see down the inlet and see the pirate ships coming. The ranger said that the cannons could shoot up to 1,000 yards accurately, am I right Don? This is a sight that many miss, as we spent three days here two years ago and no one mentioned this National Park.
Back to their house for more bridge. Barely got in the door and Don is dealing.
This evening we went to Salt Water Cowboys restaurant, an old converted hunting shack. The menu was steeped in seafood. The Joanne had a three shrimp meal, Shirleen BBQ ribs, great sauce, Don fried shrimp and I fried shrimp and scallops. The breading was really light. Again one would not just bump into this place. It is nestled along the water way, where we watched the sunset before we ate, highly recommended. But back to bridge quickly. Well it is 1030 or so and our next 48 hands are completed, time to tally-up Joanne retained first, Shirleen second, Don jumped to third – he was also the scorer, Jerry dropped to the bottom but said it was because of his partners. They then returned us to the Inn for a restful night sleep. When we went into the room we noticed they refilled the bottle of sherry, we had a glass each, emptying the decanter and getting a nice rest. I will try to write a little later about Ash Wednesday at the Cathedral and a stop at Carolyn and Dicks and another great home cooked meal that evening, along with some catching up. jerr
Joanne and Don swung by the Inn at 1015am and were kind enough to drive us around. We went to the old fort downtown to check on the small cannons I am looking for the Junior Pioneer banquet in 2012. I could not stop at The Hermitage outside of Nashville, this is where I bought the one I showed the board. That day it was raining and after 6 at night. Well as we can get into these parks free after buying the oldtimers pass for $10. we entered the gift shop, there were many cannons for sale none like the one I found. But I thought it would be good to see if they would discount for 40 of them, he would give me 10%. Seeing they were not the right type I said I would have to check with the board for the right to go over the $3 at The Hermitage. We went back across the street to the old town. We walked the street stopping at different stores. We then saw a chapel, reminded us of Corfu Greece, Greek Orthodox. The art was old but well cared for, just a couple small rooms. We then walked into the chapel and there to the left were the small tapers light in remembrance. As Shirleen and I have always lite on for the parents, as we did in Corfu, we lite one here. We went into the next chamber, there was the Nicene creed on the long wall. There was also a TV monitor at the end looking toward the chapel. Don was looking at the monitor and noticed a guy who went into the chapel and then went out but shortly returned and leaned over the left side tapers. It looked to him as he blew them out, we went to see and he did, why??? He had a t-shirt that indicated he was a Jesus follower. We later saw him walking the streets with his teenage son. We decided to eat at the PizzaAlley restaurant. We had a Yuengling beer and a really tasty crispy-crusted sausage and mushroom pizza. I would recommend this as a noon stop. We walked through the smallest Hilton, beautiful art work for sale.
This afternoon we went to the small fortress Fort Matanzas National Monument built in 1740 to guard the inlet and serve as a place for warning of approaching enemies. This sight is down from St. Augustine. It was a small fortress manned by 6 or 8 people. You take a pontoon boat to the other side of the inlet. The ranger gave a stirring history of the sight, well done but as Don said it is different each time they take people there. The ground floor was used as a living quarter, table, bunks 6 of them side by side you would enter your bunk from the foot side no area between the bunks. It also had the equipment for the 4 cannons. Above it was a lone bed, thought to have been the commanders area. From there to the roof was a small hole with a straight up ladder that you could shimmy through. From there you could see down the inlet and see the pirate ships coming. The ranger said that the cannons could shoot up to 1,000 yards accurately, am I right Don? This is a sight that many miss, as we spent three days here two years ago and no one mentioned this National Park.
Back to their house for more bridge. Barely got in the door and Don is dealing.
This evening we went to Salt Water Cowboys restaurant, an old converted hunting shack. The menu was steeped in seafood. The Joanne had a three shrimp meal, Shirleen BBQ ribs, great sauce, Don fried shrimp and I fried shrimp and scallops. The breading was really light. Again one would not just bump into this place. It is nestled along the water way, where we watched the sunset before we ate, highly recommended. But back to bridge quickly. Well it is 1030 or so and our next 48 hands are completed, time to tally-up Joanne retained first, Shirleen second, Don jumped to third – he was also the scorer, Jerry dropped to the bottom but said it was because of his partners. They then returned us to the Inn for a restful night sleep. When we went into the room we noticed they refilled the bottle of sherry, we had a glass each, emptying the decanter and getting a nice rest. I will try to write a little later about Ash Wednesday at the Cathedral and a stop at Carolyn and Dicks and another great home cooked meal that evening, along with some catching up. jerr
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