St. Augustine Travel Diary

My family loves anything to do with history! We decided to go down to St. Augustine after we left Savannah. St. Augustine is the oldest city that is still a city in the United States! Since St. Augustine is so old, not alot of the old structures are still there and it is mostly a beach town. But there are alot of things to still see in the city of St. Augustine!

We went to the Old Jail and took a tour! The story behind the Old Jail is that it used to be by the Ponce De Leon Hotel and the owner, Henry M. Flagler was upset that a jail was right next to his grand hotel. So he payed a BIG amount of money for the jail to be moved. The jail then got moved right next to the railroad. The jail was a very nice looking jail and when vistors came off the train they would ask for a room at the jail, lol!

The bird cage was a way of punishment.

We then took the trolley around the city!

Here are some of the stops we took...

Ponce De Leon Hotel now known as Flagler College!

The oldest wooden school house in the United States!

City gates to the city of St. Augustine! Everynight they would close them.

Castillo De San Marcos!

The walls are made up of seashells and take up to 2 years to harden.

The oldest house in St. Augustine!

Lucy Abbott Tract's house! She was a woman in St. Augustine that designed many houses.

The oldest store in St. Augustine! We took a tour of the store. In the tour they act like we are back in that time period. Also they give you free candy!

On our last day in St. Augustine we decided to go to the beach. The beach was so beautiful and so peaceful! I even met two little girls! One girl was named Claire and she was 7 and the other one's name was Caroline and she was 9! They just came up to me and asked me if I would help them boogy board. I made alot of memories with those two girls!

This beach is unreal!

After I was finally a lobster we decided to go to the St. Augustine lighthouse and climb it! 219 steps up and 219 steps down, whoa!

St. Augustine was beautiful in its own way. Beautiful beach and old history! Hope y'all have enjoyed seeing the oldest city in the United States! Have a blessed day!

Love,

Emma Grace