So we stayed the night in St Augustine at a hotel next to the Golf hall of fame. It was too early to stop there but I know squatt about golf anyway. We ate at a wonderful local restaurant called Manatee and then headed into St Augustine to see Castillo de San Marcos. Its a spanish fort smaller than the last fort we saw but in the same octogon type shape. It had a mote but aparently it was never filled in, or if it was it would leak. From the top you could see the light house and a great view of the whole area. After walking around the fort we went for a stroll downtown. Very nice street with no cars old houses and newer onces built to look old. They claim to have the oldest wooden school house, it was tiny and it did look old. After downtown strolling we hit the road heading home. We went due west instead of up to I-10 right away, whick starts in jacksonville north of st augustine. 
Florida is a very pretty state, it is very heavilly treed. We eventually hit I-10 then just before Talahasse we went to the coast and took the coast highway 98. And it really hugs the coast. One thing diffrent about this coast than any others are the pine trees that run up to the sandy beaches. Very diffrent. We saw some huge fancy houses up on stilts as we went along. Saw a racoon and some deer munching on the side of the road. We are staing in Destin this evening just out side of Pensacola. We are headed to New Orleans today about a two hour drive.
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