St. Augustine

We took a much needed family trip up north to St. Augustine at the end of June. It was a 4 hour ride and the kids got a little restless but it wasn't to bad. We had a blast, there are so many things to do in this historic town. It is the oldest city in the nation that is still in its original state. They have just made the place into this huge (yet quite) tourist town. Most popular are the forts that still stand today. We hit up Castillo De San Marcos first. Huge fort and very interesting all sorts of rooms and hidden rooms inside rooms.

This picture makes the fort look so small, but it is hidden by a hill which made it very hard to be hit by enemy targets. One time while under attack the whole city lived within these walls for 100 something days.

Girl loves her some guns!

This was one of the small draw bridges. The place was once surrounded by a river of water for protection.

One of the many look out spots.

A hidden room, kinda creepy!!! OOOOOO!

Check out that gun show.

Can you tell how hot it is? Even though you kinda get used to the heat, you still sweat like mad.

They had an old school cannon demonstration. Hayden freaked out a little after they shot it off, so the rest of the trip I teased him about it. He would just say "yeah mom, I cried."

Another fort was kinda fun trip where you get to ride a boat across the river to this tiny little fort and only 4 soldiers lived there. You had to use ladders to get up to the top. Kinda a quite place. In 80 years of service only 2 warning shots were fired.

Everything is so historic, look how gorgeous this place is. They have an old gigantic hotel that is now a college.

We took a city walk tour at night, it was nice and relaxing the guy in the green was our tour guide. He keep us entertained!

And the stroller kept the kids entertained.

The pirate museum is a must do for kids. Disney had there hand in helping putting it together. You can't take pictures inside, but was very well put together.

Someone went to the naughty chair! :)

Lots of yummy food and treats. If you head out there you must hit up this Popsicle place called hippo. Oh I am still craving there yummy pina colda Popsicle. We also ate some unbelievable gyros and burrito joint.