World Golf Village at the home of Friend Judy
St. Augustine, Florida
Friday, January 31, 2020
63F, rainy
I have not been writing because we have been very busy! Friend Judy
has been a tour guide extraordinaire and we have done so many things in this
charming town of St. Augustine.
How I could have forgotten to mention that we went to Fleamasters
Flea Market in Fort Myers on Sunday when we arrived? Nine hundred stores and 400,000 square feet, a
shopping experience we never miss when we are in the area. https://www.fleamall.com/
On Tuesday we ate at Mel’s Diner, a sweet spot in
Bonita Springs, and then visited TK’s brother again. TK indulged me with visits to another outdoor
mall.
We left Fort Myers on Wednesday morning for
St. Augustine (4.5 hour drive) and when I saw that our route took us to Orlando,
I asked TK if he could make a stop for me.
This will show you what a wonderful
person he is: Orlando is a VERY high traffic area-no matter where, highway or otherwise,
but he got off the highway and drove to a special outlet mall where a certain
outlet store is—there are only 4 such stores in the U.S., one in Palm Beach,
one in Orlando, one in Texas, and the other in Massachusetts. We made this stop
for this only one store---and I don’t think anyone else would do that, so I am
a very lucky girl!!!
After that stop, we headed straight to
Judy’s.
A sampling of what we have done:
Dinner at Schooners on Wednesday
Thrift Store-- Judy volunteers at Hospice as well as the Hospice Thruft Shop. We looked for bargains, but all we found was an apple pie dish!
Potter's Wax Museum is housed inside the oldest pharmacy in the U.S. and is also the oldest wax museum in the country. https://www.potterswaxmuseum.com/
Davy Crockett in wax
Metro Diner-we had lunch here on Thursday.
Ponce De Leon Hotel was an exclusive luxury hotel in St. Augustine, Florida, built by millionaire developer and Standard Oil co-founder Henry M. Flagler and completed in 1888. The cost was $4000 for 3 months, which we were told would be $100,000 today. The hotel is now home to Flagler College. Students act as tour guides.
Early Tiffany windows in the dining room
A clock above the fireplace made by Thomas Edison, a friend of Flagler.
This dress was made by a student at Flagler College. In the Ladies' Salon
Standard glaze pottery, turn of the 20th century
TK's favorite. In the Salon
Courtyard, Ponce de Leon Hotel
Now Flagller College
King Fish Grill--we had dinner this seaside restaurant on Thursday night
After dinner we walked to the Marina to take a Florida Water Tour at night--
St. Augustine is known for its night time light show during the holiday season
and lasts till the end of January
Watched Spotlight the movie when we returned home from the water tour.
On Friday we saw Judy’s camper--it is a self contained camper and sleeps six. She enjoys camping with her grandchildren, especially at Disney World.
We briefly hit the Outlet Mall, and then went to downtown St. Augustine to take the Old Town Trolley Tour.
We had dinner at the Raintree restaurant on Friday night.
Raintree, a beautiful restaurant
white tablecloths!
After a day at St.Johns Town Center on Saturday, we had dinner at Seasons 52.
I know Friend Ann would have liked this restaurant.
Fresh organic ingredients
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