Tuesday, September 22 – – Today was beach day! We arrived to a nearly deserted beach around
9 a.m. We like arriving early so we can get in plenty of sun before it gets too dang hot. Nice to have miles and miles of beautiful beach to walk along without thousands of people.
We did test the water, and it was pleasantly comfortable. Not too cold or not too hot. We spent the day relaxing, reading, strolling the beach and people watching.
It cracked us up that the two times we went for a walk upon returning to our chairs people had set-up less than ten feet away. What's wrong with these people? There's miles of beach here folks! Just relax, we'll pack up our stuff and move down the beach.....jeesh! (end of rant :-)
When Marsha walked over to the restrooms, look what was looking up at here by the steps.
We never thought we would see this in Florida.
We had enough sun shortly after 1 p.m. and headed back to the RV park at the St. Augustine Elks Lodge. On the way back, we stopped for a Kodak moment at the St. Augustine Lighthouse. It was difficult to get a good picture without paying for a tour. We weren't willing or is it too cheap for that, so we did the best we could.
Another RV pulled-in today making it five total. Not sure if they are full or not. There are several more RV hookups in the weeds beside us, but they look like they haven't been used for quite some time. Guess we'll have to wait and see if anyone attempts to use them.
Whenever we do a hike or a long walk, we rely on our iPhones to let us know how many steps we took and how many miles we walked/hiked. According to our iPhones when we did our walking tour of St. Augustine, we walked over 8.55 and took 18,462 steps. If that sounds too overwhelming for you, there are all kinds of trolley tours and carriage rides available. We considered taking one just to hear the driver's description of the sights, but we really enjoy stopping whenever we choose and seeing the sights at our own pace.
Marsha found the first thing she doesn’t like about Florida…the humidity. She keeps saying that she is having the worse hair day EVER. She says if she lived her she would have to cut her hair short. That ain’t happening, so I guess we won’t be moving to Florida in the near future.
Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y’all back real soon. Have a great day!
Enjoy your time there, beaches and all. We did the trolley tour years ago and was very informative, mind you we were on a short stopover and extra long weekend from home in Ontario some day w eget back there when we have more time, but The southwest keeps calling us.
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ReplyDeleteIt's amazing isn't it? We've had the same thing happen with camping, as well as overnighting in a parking lot. Holy cow people...there is so much open space...can you please give us some! There must be some kind of phsycological explanation...
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ReplyDeleteBoy, that was a great walk around St. Augustine. I know I couldn't have done it in that humidity:) Good for the two of you:)
ReplyDeleteThe beach looks so inviting especially when it is empty...or almost empty:) Why? Why? Do people move into our territory?? Glad you had some nice beach time though:)
We did go up in that light house. Pretty good tour if you like that sort of thing.
ReplyDeleteWe could never go back to living in FL between the humidity and the bugs. I tried the short hair thing while we lived there and it was even worse. Yes, ponytails are the answer!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if that's a ghost crab. They were everywhere on the Outer Banks of NC.
ReplyDeleteWe have those crabs here in Navarre, as well. If you like the beach, you would love the Emerald coast beaches here. Pure white sand and very few people:)
ReplyDeleteThe humidity and the bugs - that's what drove me out of Florida. Well that and the hurricanes. It's just like RV's that park right next to you out in the desert when there are miles wide open for them. Cracks me up.
ReplyDeleteYes, the humidity and the critters are what kept us from going back to Florida. We toured the whole coastline while we were there, though, so don't feel like we missed much.
ReplyDeleteGive me a beach and I think I'm at the best place on earth.
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