Touristas in St Augustine.

We were going to take the entire trolley tour of the city first thing this morning to see where things were, and then decide what we wanted to see.  That plan fell through almost immediately when we realized the fort, Castillo de San Marco, was one of the first stops, and there weren't too many people there yet.  We spent an hour or so there.  One of the rangers dressed in period costume had a really interesting presentation.  After lunch we took the rest of the trolley tour, and then walked around looking at various points of interest.  The old historic district is pretty compact, so it doesn't take too long to walk from one end to the other.  I think tomorrow morning we'll go back to the fort and watch the cannon firing demonstration.

Park Ranger giving historical talk.

Old mortar (1700s?)  What I found interesting was the intricate art
work on a weapon of destruction.

600 year old live oak, in the Howard Johnson parking lot.
It's a "live"oak because it doesn't drop its leaves.

The picture doesn't show it well enough, but you can tell it's an "authentic old drugstore"
because of the ATM sign bottom right.

The next picture is "X" rated, so be warned!

One of two exact copies of Michelangelo's David,
at the Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum.
 Anatomically correct, 17 feet tall, 10 tons of the same marble as used in the original.
It used to be covered with a blue plastic tarp
to hide it from view before the shrubs grew around it enough.