It is good to report that the weather just keeps getting warmer!
We started our Florida adventure at the Stephen Foster State Park with Dad & Mary. It was a beautiful park. This is the tower that plays Stephen Foster tunes. You can hear it through the whole park.
Our next stop was our first FAM camp. We stayed at Jacksonville Navy Air Station. I didn't take any pictures of the base, but it was fantastic. This is our campsite.
We started this day off with a trip to the American Culinary Federation main office. Lorie McKown, the administrator for the American Academy of Chefs, gave us a tour of the building. They have a lot of archives and artwork on display.
After the tour we went to old St. Augustine. We took the trolley and made it a day trip.
We walked around the Castillo de San Marcos. It is the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States.
Two of my favorite stops were to view buildings that were built by Henry Flagler. The first was the Presbyterian Church that Henry Flagler had dedicated to his daughter after she died.
The second was the old Ponce de Leon hotel that Flagler built. It is now Flagler College. You can see that this building was a beautiful hotel. Now it is a fantastic college.
These are random photos I took throughout the day. Old wrought iron in the cemeteries, flowers, fountains, the 1850 Jolly Roger and food.
The most special part of the whole trip was getting to see my nephew and his family. This is daddy being a daddy and me with Declan. He is a sweetie!
Now we are off to Coco Beach so you know there will be more photos to come.
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