Florida Vacation - Castillo De San Marcos

On the way home from Miami we decided to swing by Saint Augustine, FL to visit the Castillo De San Marcos.  I had visited this as a kid when we lived in Florida, and I knew that Mike and the kids would be interested.  

Lots of pictures in this post, there were so many good ones!

Isn't it beautiful?

Outside of the Castillo

The bunk room, don't those beds look comfortable?

Peeking into the prison

There were so many carvings on the wall, this is just one picture.  One carving said Alexander Carter and the other said Cleveland, Ohio 1880.

Nine wooden forts were destroyed by pirates before the Spanish commissioned the building of a stone fort in the 1600's.

Carter and Dawson near the cannons.  Dawson was very upset because he wasn't allowed to climb on the cannons.  Mike was very upset because we couldn't come back the next day to see the cannons being fired.

Mommy and Ava in the sentry house.  Silly Girl!

Very nice re-enactment soldier who posed with us for a picture.

I thought this was such a cute picture of Riley girl!

Mike loved walking through the castillo and he was convinced he was going to get a picture of an orb.  It was a fun place to talk to the kids about history, because it belong to Spanish, British and American forces at one time or another.  A very fun place to visit, and it was great for the kids to run off a little steam after a long car ride from Miami.  After this place we took the A1A highway to our hotel on Jacksonville Beach.