St. Augustine Snapshot

St. Augustine, Florida is a charming city and everyone should plan a long visit there at least once. This wasn't one of those trips however, but a work duty for my husband with me for company, and we had only quick stopover before heading back. But there were lots of other tourists even on this second weekend of November, and why not, the weather was great. We had done the sightseeing thing there several times before and didn't feel obliged to repeat it. After all...it is America's oldest city and it hasn't changed that much. The Old Jail and the Fountain of Youth still stand. We stayed in the Comfort Suites Downtown. I don't know what it may have been if it had a previous life, but it was well kept and comfy and believe it or not, right near Ripley's. We enjoyed drinks from Smoothie King late Saturday afternoon that were so filling that we later considered them supper. Mine was a delicious pomegranate smoothie. This morning after breakfasting in the lobby, we rode around a bit. St. Augustine is a sunny place, probably even in bad weather. Many of the Spanish inspired buildings and homes are painted some shade of yellow from light creams to butterscotch to various ochres and even a lemony color. I love yellow. There was a Veteran's Day ceremony going on at the Castillo de San Marco and across the street, boats in the harbor. After admiring the old city, we got on A1A - by the ocean - to Jacksonville before taking the interstate home. Here's a shot from today - clouds in a blue sky and boats on the water.