Day 79-80 - St. Augustine

Day 79- Nov. 2  St. Augustine

We had a very laid  back day today.  No hurry to get out of bed as it was in the low 40's F.  Greg put on the bulkhead heater and it helped a bit.  Mid morning we went in to the marina to do laundry and catch up on my blog.  Also downloaded Active Captain, but there was a bit of trouble with the download, so don't know if it will work for me.  Will be a great tool if it does.  This afternoon we walked across the Lions Bridge to look for the Stewart Grocery store.  It's a very small family run operation, but they had the milk and bread we needed plus a good variety of fresh fruit and vegetables.  We also walked to the St. Augustine Lighthouse, about a mile away.  We both thought we had read it was free to climb, but turns out it's $10/person so we admired it from below.  There was a great nursery on the way back where I picked up a small petunia for the boat.  I wanted to get a tomato plant but Not sure how it would do on a moving boat.  Perhaps I'll look again as we get further south.  It would be nice to have a small garden of some sort.


Day 80 - Nov. 3 

Another cold night but the day warmed up considerably.  Today was sightseeing at the Leightner Museum.  It was once the  Alcazar Hotel owned by the railroad magnet, Mr. Flagerall.  A publishing dude from Detroit bought it and moved here for his health, bringing his collection with him...and he collected everything.  The museum was fascinating for both the collections and the building itself.
Then off to Theo's for lunch where they include homemade chocolate chip cookies at the end of the meal.  Next was the Sailor's Exchange which is a mariner's Buy and Sell.  They had a lot of stuff, but nothing we needed.  Up next, the wine tour and tasting. Really enjoyed that.  The tour was minimal with the tasting taking up most of the time.  Very nice to get to sample before buying.  We ended up with 3 bottles.
Did a little more walking around town, and finally having a sit down with a coffee to catch up on this blog.  Hard to believe we've been here four days already.  Time has flown by.  We plan to leave early tomorrow morning, but I could certainly spend a few more days here.  I highly recommend stopping in of you're ever down this way.