St. Augustine, Florida
70F, sunny
As soon as we arrived in St. Augustine about 3 p.m., we headed for the Old St. Augustine area and a stroll along the shops. Since my friend Judy lives in St. Augustine now, we have seen many historic places in the past few years. Tim needed a new Tilley hat and we knew the Panama Hat Shop carried that brand. He wore his "old" one constantly on all cruises, in the pool, and on the go--nice hats, they are. We won't mention who may have opted to put that one in the dryer after washing, but let's just say, it was not quite the same size ever again. He still wore it, but I knew he wanted one that fit. Voila!
We had not visited the O'Steen Restaurant in a few years, but that is where the locals go and we were nearby for dinner. O'Steen's gets its shrimp fresh from the shrimp boats everyday and that is evident at first bite. Located on A1A, just over the Lion Bridge from Old Town, we drove right there and were not disappointed. The hush puppies are great too!
After eating we went to the Outlets--Tommy Bahama did not disappoint. Tim scored a colorful shirt at a very low price and I bought items for R and B--TB t-shirts are very soft with cool designs!
I am also looking for an underseat piece of luggage (for flights) so we looked at the luggage shops too. On Wednesday morning just before we were leaving my wheeled overnighter's handle would not collapse down, so I had to change to another piece of luggage--not happy happy as we were about to leave Erie. I had to grab another piece I do not like as much, so I am looking for a replacement there too. The lady in the luggage shop suggested I take the piece to our nearby outlet and ask them to help--they may be able to fix it.
All of the above does not sound too interesting, so I will try to pep this up a bit tomorrow!!
TK's Takes: TK wondered what the difference in population was between Charlotte and Jacksonville. Jacksonville does not seem to have the horrendous traffic jams that Charlotte has. It turns out that Jacksonville has about 33,000 more citizens that Charlotte.
Jacksonville, Florida: 892,062 (2017)
Charlotte, North Carolina: 859,035 (2017)
Some more photos as we arrived in Florida:
Florida Welcome Center
Everyone is offered fresh Florida orange juice or grapefruit juice. We never pass this welcome center!
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