NASA Lift Off STS-122

This was a first for us. It was a thrill to actually be this close to a liftoff.

The beach is open for fun!

This is the watering hole right at the back of our hotel.

Sun feels great.

Picnic time at Sunset, chicken wings, beer, & wine. Doesn't get much better than this.

Sun, empty beach.

Having fun on beach end of day Jan 15

I asked for a tall one but thisis rediculous!

Flamingo Row.

We think this is some kind of ant eater. That is its tongue in the bottom of the jar.

Pelican.

Turtle. Small compared o the last ones we saw in he Galapagous!

We think this is an Eget, they are everywhere.

From Lamas to Flamingos, it must be the hair.

Sivlerback Gorilla, the other king of the jungle!!

King of lions only a few feet away!

Night is falling on Busch Gardens after a very entertaining day.

Our home for the next 3 days!

The court yard on the way to the beach and pools.

"our" swiming pool.

6 KMs to the buidings in the distance, we know this because we walked it.

Mine!

The 200 miles of beaches here are made up of ground up sea shells. High tide brings in fresh shells like these each time.

A popular sport here on the beaches is kite flying, the difference here the people are attached to them and they fly out over the ocean.

Not enough wind to get him off the ground yet.

Sunset through the trees from our room.

Watchin the sun go down from our Cabana on the beach, sipping rum & coke.

On the road again from St. Augustine to St. Petersburg.

The largest flea market in the "World". There was enough junk here to have a garage sale for a hundred years! Some cool stuff too.

See no evil, speak no evil, this should be evil!

Stopped here, had a "Whataburger". They grow thier own cows, oh yea, it was raining a lot here too! About half way across Florida.

View from our room. Rained most of our trip so it was nice to see the sunset.

6 hrs across Florida from the Atlantic to Gulf of Mexico. Stopped here for the night in Hudson Beach. This is our Hotel on the beach.

Decisions, decisions!!

Sunset through Palm leaves.

Sunset from our Motel room in Hudson Beach, Florida. This is Gulf of Mexico.

Saying goodbye to St. Augustine.

Streets are narrow and paved with cobblestones dating back to the 1500's.

3:15 Old Downtown St. Augustine. Trying to get this in our luggage!

Sorry McKay's these guys kame the best Ice Cream in the world. I tried it 3 time just to make sure!

This was back when Ford could build a car!

From Nov 25 until Jan 25 Old St. Augustine is light up with millions of lights

Day 3 in St. Augustine

Breakfast done, we are on our way to Anastasia Island.

Anastasioa Island beaches. 200 miles of this! Our rental car is smaller than our van.

Marineland, up close with Dolphins. This little felow was born here.

Our first Florida picnic at the base of the Lighthouse.

165' tower in the nation's oldest port.

Wow, what a view!

108 to go!

JAN 11, 2008

219 Steps to the top of this tower for a breathtakng panaoramic view of St. Augustine area. This is a working lighthouse.