Mattias took us to a super playground in the old town of St. Augustine while he removed the battery charger to be sent back to the manufacturer. It wasn't charging the batteries when we were on shore power and something that was bugging us lately. The girls played and I chatted by cellphone with Tracey. After, we ate lunch at an Irish Pub.
Mattias met up with us later at the Castillo de San Marcos fort. It is a National Monument and run by the National Park Service. The way the Park Ranger described it, the Spaniards who built St. Augustine, the first city in American, built this fort in the 1600's to defend the Spanish treasure ships passing by on the way back to Europe against pirates. We saw the re-enactment ceremony of cannon firing. Even way back when, the cannon balls used could travel 3 miles before hitting something! This day, they only use gun powder and no cannon balls as there are homes on the shoreline and sailboats anchored in the water.
We enjoyed a nice walk through the historic town of St. Augustine before Mattias and the girls went back to the boat after a long day out. Well, I got to take a trip to Target on my own! I learned that my love for Target runs deep and I have been deprived thus far as we've only seen and shopped at WalMarts. I enjoyed 3 hours on my own at the store and was disappointed that I didn't make a run through all aisles as it was well past dinnertime and I had to join a hungry family. You know...Santa still travels to Florida and the little girls will be expecting him, even if we are on the boat!
More later,
Carrie
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