February 28, 2019 - St. Augustine, Florida

This morning we drove to the beach parking area in the park since it was such a nice sunny day. We walked out to the beach and the water was COLD! After a short beach walk we looked at some of the antique cars that were in the park for a rally. We talked to one guy and he said there were about 150 cars participating in the event. We saw several beautiful cars – and to think we spent good money at the Tallahassee museum to see them!After the beach we left and drove to the lighthouse. The current lighthouse was built between 1871 and 1874. It is St. Augustine’s oldest brick structure. There was an interesting timeline outlining historical events and lighthouse events as far back as the 1500s!Our goal for the day was to visit the Fountain of Youth Archeological Site so we headed back across the Lions Bridge into the historic downtown area of St. Augustine.Ponce de Leon greeted us at the entrance to the park. Tobey is hopeful that by drinking some of the spring water from the site Ponce de Leon discovered, he will retain that youthful glow!We watched some of the demonstrations that recreate events from the time of the early explorers and settlers. This was the cannon firing. The park was busy with several school groups today.We even got a picture with Ponce de Leon looking on!

To be honest, one of our favorite things about the park were the peacocks! They are not afraid of people, that’s for sure.This peacock was quite noisy!https://youtu.be/LW_K3wGhP6A

It was also fun to watch these peacocks when they were fanning their feathers. These two videos let you hear the sound the feathers make, too!

https://youtu.be/-Sf43uqVCeg

https://youtu.be/Koo90PkRbyA

I had never seen a white peacock before, but there are several in the park, as well as the beautiful blue/green birds. We spent a few hours at the park before calling it a day. We are spending the night near Orlando before heading to Naples tomorrow.