Enjoying St. Augustine, FL

[BirdbyBird]

Getting ready to join the snoring puppers. I didn't sleep well last night but I don't think that will be a problem tonight.

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[cnq50b]

Tina, Checked out your blog... What an amazing place!!! I've started my list of campgrounds! Thanks for sharing it with us!

[JudyJB]

I stayed there for a week in early December. I had Site 136 which was plenty big and located under the most amazing huge live oak I have ever seen! It was also near the entrance and nearest the beach which was about 1500 feet away, although closer as the crow flies.



As you can see, I could have had a much bigger rig in this site. Highly recommend this campground, also.

The best part of this campground was being able to hear the roar of the surf through the window above my bed every night. Wonderful. I have no car, so I used my bike to ride into town and to visit the beach and the lighthouse. Nice place, and I am glad you are enjoying it!!

[rvgrammy1953]

Wow...beautiful CG and so glad you are enjoying the city.....tell Stuart that Spinner & I are jealous about the beach....

[linann]

Spent Christmas there this year and last. Lots to do. Check out the Spanish Bakery in the old section. Soup and home made bread make a great lunch. Small place with outdoor picnic tables. Enjoyed the Chocolate Factory tour.

[snowball]

such a pretty area!!!
sheila

[Gentleladybear]

Great place to stay. Glad you are enjoying the Florida Sun.

[BarbaraRose]

Love the tree pics! Those oaks are so gnarley and cool! Lots of character!

[Bethers]

Another of the FL SP's I stayed at had lots of smaller sites, too. I learned working in cg offices, that when a site says say 28 feet for a trailer, usually it'll take a mh of 31 or so. Trailers need more of a turning radius. And actually, a mh can be longer when you negotiate carefully. Sometimes. Sometimes there are big boulders to negotiate around turns ... the site might be very, very long, but that turn is next to impossible. I stayed in one of those sites and I wouldn't have wanted to be any longer ... but loved my cozy site.

Love your pictures, as always.

[mtngal]

I can't resist a light house! Good job climbing to the top too! ( That's a gorgeous tree Judy!)

[bluepinecones]

Thanks, Tina.
Thought you said you were out of shape; don't believe that if you made it to the top of those stairs.
Love the trees.

[Redwahine]

Thanks Tina. I have been to St. Augustine many times to visit my aunt. But have not done much touring or exploring. Now I have Anastasia island on my list.

[avalen]

wow, that looks like such a fabulous place to go, its going on my list

[BirdbyBird]

And I thought after I posted that I didn't even share any of the pictures of the old town. Of course I didn't take many pictures because I did a driving tour. But the buildings and narrow street are very attractive with plenty of inviting stores. I don't spend money in those stores so I was satisfied with the drive through. The food smells from the restaurants was wonderful. Another reason to keep driving.

[JudyJB]

The beach there is also incredible. It is about a mile from the hotels and homes, so it is pretty empty. The impressive part is that it is very wide--from where the waves break to the dunes, I mean. It is at least 600-800 feet wide.

And while i did not do it, you can also ride a bike down by where the waves are breaking because it is a very hard beach. There were lots of tracks from cars and four-wheeled drive vehicles. I am not sure where you get to the beach in a car, but it looked as if the tires only sank in about 4 inches at the most.

If you walk south for a mile, you hit the pier and the hotels, but you can also walk north about a mile to the inlet, and there is nothing there but state park, so it is very empty. I did not have a lot of free time there to beach walk because it did rain part of the time I was there, but if the weather were drier, I would have done more walking.