Tuesday, June 10, 2008

St. Augustine, FL

St. Augustine is the oldest city in the United States. It was established in the 1500's. This lighthouse was absolutely beautiful. We hiked to the top and I've never been so out of breath but the view from the top was AWESOME!
These are the stairs we had to climb. Can you imagine being the light keeper at this light house and having to haul buckets of lantern oil to the top? They let you lift one at the bottom so you could feel how heavy and then half way up they have another one so we could lift it and feel how much heavier it felt because we had been climbing. OUCH!
We went to this old fort and was used to hold prisoners during wars. It was almost like a castle
because you could see where the mote went. It's dried up now, but it was cool to see. And they reinacted what it was like to shoot a cannon at the enemy coming. My ears were ringing for about an hour after that. My favorite part of the fort though was this lady. Her fingernails were FREAKING GROSS!

4 comments:

Heidi said...

Oh my heavens my dear LeeAnn! You two have been all over the place! Looks like so much fun. I can't help but think what Leila had to say about this! :) Tell the summer cits hi! Love you and miss you oodles!

Natty said...
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Natty said...

Hey my phone broke and I lost all my #'s will you text me your cell# so I have it- THANKS, NATTY

The Pingel Family said...

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