The house on the right is now a bed and breakfast, but in the late 1940s it was the boarding house where my aunts, Mary and Lin Barker, shared an efficiency apartment upstairs overlooking the convent swimming pool (behind the wall on the left) when they first came to St. Augustine.
On the horizon in the distance is the actual inlet. This beach is on the property of the Fort Matanzas National Monument. The photo was taken from the dock where you board the ferry that takes you across the inlet to visit the fort.
Found this on the ground near what used to be home sites in Araquay Park before the last airport expansion.
Yesterday's storm left power outages, downed trees and flooded streets in its path. The last shower from that front just came through a few minutes ago, waking us up. Fortunately, it looks like we have a calm and warm weekend ahead of us.
The view from the sea wall in front of Saint Francis Barracks looking south. The flag pole on the right is planted in the parade field in front of the barracks. Today's forecast calls for thunderstorms, but for now things are calm.
The St. Augustine Lighthouse and Keeper's House are open daily to visitors. Climb the light to enjoy awesome views of the city and beaches, browse the museum and visit the gift shop for unique gifts. Learn more online.
Reminders of the Second Seminole War“The Dogs of War”.
By Geoff Dobson
On August 14, 1842 at Depot Key, General William J. Worth declared the Florida War, now known as the Second Seminole War, at an end. The war had lasted seven years.
The war had commenced with the killing of civilians at Fort King, present day Ocala, and the Massacre of Captain (Brevet Major) Francis L. Dade and his men at Wahoo Swamp sixty-five miles north of Fort Brooke on December 28, 1835.
It took several days for official word to be received by the army at Fort Brooke (present day Tampa). Unofficially, there was a realization that something had gone amiss when the dog of one of the three survivors of the massacre, Captain Charles Gardiner, reappeared, wounded, at the Fort. It was, perhaps, the only time when the military received word of a disaster in the field from a dog.
via historiccity.com