
We have spent Wed - Sun in Jacksonville, Florda. Thursday we drove to St. Augustine, FL, U.S.'s oldest city. This city was settled in the 1500's by the Spanish. Ponce de Leon landed here, looking for the Fountain of Youth, which he found in St. Augustine. Roy and I had a drink from the fountain and are waiting for it to work. (picture of cistern of fountain) The average age of death of a European in Leon's time was 35. He lived until his 70s so I guess it worked??? We also visited an old jail from late 1800's that didn't close until l953 due to a lawsuit saying it didn't provide livable conditions. It had no toilets, no showers and no heating/c


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