Catching up with old friends

One of our favorite things to do is going out to eat and St. Augustine has many fun, unique restaurants with Spanish and Cuban influences.....tapas, live music and vino!!!  Our  favorite restaurant is The Tasting Room which we got to enjoy with our  dear friends Mirte and RV Lee.  Our friendship goes  back 25+ years. The Lee's were kind  enough to put us up for a few nights at their beautiful St. John's River front home outside of Jacksonville. We spent many hours reminiscing about old times and planning new adventurers for the near future.  What a great time we had with lots of laughs!

  Charlie 

LeeWay at dock














How the heck to you cross the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas ?

More shots from St. Augustine

City Gates

St. Augustine Bastion

Checking out the cannon art !!

Signs of the Time

St. Augustine

Jumping out into the Atlantic Ocean was delightful!!  Kinja was glad to stretch her canvas.  We did not have a lot of wind, but it was sunny and warm and we even saw a whale ...very cool.

We motored on  down the intercostal and arrived in St. Augustine on Thursday Jan. 29.  What a great place to spend a few days.  The city has retained a very Spanish heritage and old world charm.  It is a town with many historic landmarks.  In fact, it is the oldest continuously occupied city in the U.S.!   To give you an idea of how old the city is--it was founded the year after Michelangelo died and the year before Shakespeare was born !!  Many fun and unique restaurants (our favorite pastime).  Here are a few shots of St. Augustine....

We tied up at the Conch House Marina

Shots from around town

The oldest wooden school house in the U.S. !!

The Cathedral of St Augustine