We started the day at The Fountain of Youth – Ponce De Leon sight along the Oceanside. There we saw where he found the fountain of youth, why is it called that? Well the Spanish were small people at that time four foot six was he and the crew was an inch or so smaller, that way he was the leader by height. The Indians were six and a half foot tall the chief was seven foot four inches. The Indians would marry the two tallest member of the tribe each year. This height would put them closer to the Great Spirit. The water had the sulfur smell and high mineral content. The location was right next to the cross made by Ponce. It was looking toward the bay, 15 rocks in that direction and 13 across. This designates the year it was placed in the ground. It indicates it was made in 1513 by the rocks. Glad he didn’t come in 1501 would have had no cross member, just a straight line. We had a good tour guide, he explained about the area. That Ponce was the first person to claim the land for Spain and called it Florida. Seeing he made landfall around Easter season, at the feast of flowers, Flores, he named the area La Florida. It was interesting to see the next exhibit showing the many areas of the Americas that the Spanish funded. I, for one, forget their influence on our country. Then a nice planetarium presentation showing the stars and how the sailor followed the route to St. Augustine. We walked the grounds to look at artifacts. Then the gift shop were I found 7 cannons, bought same, for the Junior Pioneers.
Lunch at the A1A Ale Works restaurant, downtown. Shirleen had a intense green spinach salad with seasoned pecans, and two nice lightly breaded and fried goat cheese packets about the size of a silver dollar and about a quarter inch thick with a fine vinaigrette. I a pint of red ale with a grouper sandwich. The grouper was dried out and the crust was chunky hard breading, it was a specialty but not mine.
St. Augustine alligator farm was our next stop. And did they have alligators. All kinds, sizes, colors, trying to sun and swimming with many along the banks sleeping. We walked through the exhibit and looking at artifacts fro South America and many tribal areas of the world where alligators hang out. There were monkey’s and many bird. I find these caged animals not much to my licking.
Driving down the highway towards Daytona I saw a J&R Schugel truck north of Daytona Beach, did they drop ship some cycles from New Ulm for bike week, this weekend? Time to eat again as we enter the area we will lodge tonight. Capt. Bells Seafood of Fruitland, it is a small restaurant alongside the road but well packed by the cars in the parking lot. We ordered a half carafe of merlot for $6 or could have bought a glass for $3.50, we had 4 glasses from the decanter. Poor tasting flavor, must have been a bad old bottle, sweet with undertones of yuk. Shirleen had the lightly blackened flounder with a perfectly baked sweet potato I the tilapia lightly breaded and deep fried with fried okra and grits. Would stop again. Off to Mary Ann and Steve’s for three days at Stone Crest. May or may not get to the blog, but we will have fun behind the scenes. Jerry
Lunch at the A1A Ale Works restaurant, downtown. Shirleen had a intense green spinach salad with seasoned pecans, and two nice lightly breaded and fried goat cheese packets about the size of a silver dollar and about a quarter inch thick with a fine vinaigrette. I a pint of red ale with a grouper sandwich. The grouper was dried out and the crust was chunky hard breading, it was a specialty but not mine.
St. Augustine alligator farm was our next stop. And did they have alligators. All kinds, sizes, colors, trying to sun and swimming with many along the banks sleeping. We walked through the exhibit and looking at artifacts fro South America and many tribal areas of the world where alligators hang out. There were monkey’s and many bird. I find these caged animals not much to my licking.
Driving down the highway towards Daytona I saw a J&R Schugel truck north of Daytona Beach, did they drop ship some cycles from New Ulm for bike week, this weekend? Time to eat again as we enter the area we will lodge tonight. Capt. Bells Seafood of Fruitland, it is a small restaurant alongside the road but well packed by the cars in the parking lot. We ordered a half carafe of merlot for $6 or could have bought a glass for $3.50, we had 4 glasses from the decanter. Poor tasting flavor, must have been a bad old bottle, sweet with undertones of yuk. Shirleen had the lightly blackened flounder with a perfectly baked sweet potato I the tilapia lightly breaded and deep fried with fried okra and grits. Would stop again. Off to Mary Ann and Steve’s for three days at Stone Crest. May or may not get to the blog, but we will have fun behind the scenes. Jerry
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