Anastasia State Park/St Augustine

Anastasia is a nice park to camp with several miles of beach on the Atlantic, if they are booked they allow overflow parking at a reduced rate.  A big plus of this park is that it is about 10 minutes form historic St Augustine and the city provides a large lot for parking buses and motorhomes a few blocks away from the action.

The Spanish founded St Augustine in 1565 after battling the French, built the fort Castillo de San Marcos in 1695.  The rule goes back and forth from Spain to Britian then to the US in 1821.  There are many historic homes, buildings, and museums to visit and a fun place to walk around.

Pics, arrived in time for the seafood festival, the fort Castillo de San Marcos, the oldest wood school house in the US, Flaggler College-formerly the Ponce De Leon hotel built by Henry Flaggler in 1888-Henry developed the Florida railroads to create business for his hotels, the entrance to Flaggler College-see the name Ponce De Leon in the arch over the entrance-working with Henry to build this hotel was Thomas Edison who electrified it and Tiffany who did the windows, lamps and chandliers. Dining room, ladies room with tiffany chandliers and the color tiffany blue ceiling and sofa.

Another place not to be missed is the Lightner Museum, housed in the former Alcazar Hotel also built by Flaggler in 1888.

Pics, Nita standing by a sculpture in the ballroom, some facinating mechanical musical instuments that were played for visitors, Tiffany window.