friday, 11/27 & saturday 11/28, 2009
friday katherine, robin, aiden, and i went to st augustine for the day. it was SUCH a beautiful day, and i guess since everyone had the day after thanksgiving off, it was really crowded. but it was so much fun walking around the shops & the old town. we had lunch (mexican!!) at a super nice restaurant and spent the day in beautiful florida sunshine.
we stopped and visited the cathedral basilica of st augustine. america’s first parish, founded in 1565 SO pretty!!
on the way out of st augustine, we stopped by the ponce de leon fountain of youth, but didnt tour it as it was getting late, but the trees in the area over the street were so pretty, i couldn't help but stop and take a few pictures. the trees look as if there is lava flowing on the branches, but it is only the sun shinning on them. the effect was brilliant!
friday night, when we got back, katherine watched aiden for a few hours while robin and i went out to the bar where tom is manager. we sat and had a few sodas and helped one of the dancers celebrate her birthday with cupcakes! it was fun to see where tom works and robin works sometimes as a bartender. its really a nice place!
on saturday, katherine and i drove out to orange park, where i used to live when we got back from okinawa, in 1975. i could not recognize the neighborhood, but did recognize the house when i saw it.
i remembered that there was a dairy queen and a winn dixie in the neighborhood. katherine spied the dairy queen!!
and what we thought could have been the grocery store way back when, which now is a church:
we drove past jax nas (the naval air station) where mom used to go to the commissary, when she wasnt going to stuckey’s (heehee):
after we got home, robin and aiden came over and spent the evening. it is so relaxing here, i could just quit the trip right now and stay living in florida. i wish.
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