You think I'm old? Check out this city!

This weekend I visited America's oldest European settlement, St. Augustine, Florida. Saint Augustine is the oldest European city in the United States. The area was first visited by Ponce de Leon in 1513, but it was Juan Menendez de Aviles who established the first settlement, almost half a century before the first English settlers landed at Jamestown. St. Augustine grew to become the Spanish center of power in North America for almost 200 years.

My traveling companion was a visitor from the Great Plains. She was fun to have along and plus I needed someone to pay for fuel :=)....just kidding (about the fuel part)!! We embarked Friday a.m. in the classic Alfa Romeo Spider, meandering our way over to the coastal highway A1A. We headed north on the A1A all the way to St. Augustine, the mighty Atlantic Ocean within view most of the way.

Upon arriving, we found our hotel, the very nice and accommodating Bayfront Inn. This is a wonderful hotel right on Matanzas Bay, home to many boats and ships.

Here are some pics from the trip, as well as a link to my Kodak Photo Gallery album.... CLICK ME TO SEE THE PHOTO GALLERY!!