Golf and The Fountain of Youth

The World Golf Hall of Fame was a fascinating place, we spend 4 or 5 hours there and had a great time, it was a beautiful place too. Joe was able to try a few shots at this Challenge Green it is a replica of a 3 par hole from Bay Hill Golf Course.

They had a special tribute to Bob Hope on display this year, it was very impressive, he was a remarkable man and was so dedicated to our troops overseas. They had a lot of film clips of his USO Tour shows as well as a lot of him playing golf with some of the most well known pro golfers and celebrities.

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We spend two days in St Augustine Florida, this is the oldest city in the USA, it was found by Ponce de Leon in 1565. He also found the Fountain of Youth, and we visited there and drank some of the water. I think maybe we should have drank a little more of the water, because I don't see any difference yet.

This city is full of old restored buildings, many of them are the oldest in the US. This is the oldest school, if you look closely, you may be able to see the large chains that they used to chain the buildings down with to prevent the winds from blowing them over.

This is the Old Jail and if you look closely at the prisoner, in what they call, the "birdcage" you just might recognize him. I think he looks a little dangerous, maybe that is why that little old lady is guarding him. Ha Ha!!

This jail was in use until sometime in 1953. The walls are all 3 ft thick and the ceilings are 2 ft thick. Nobody has ever escaped from inside this jail. The following pictures are of the old fort, the original old gate into the city, and some of the restored streets and buildings.

The trees are Live Oak trees , they grow to be a huge shade tree and they are covered with Spanish Moss hanging down from the branches. This Spanish Moss was used to stuff mattresses and pillows, they had to boil it first because it is full of chiggers. We are so glad that we visited this fascinating city and learned so much about how the people used to live here.

We are headed North now and staying at King's Bay Sub Base just over the Georgia state line. Our plan is to be in the Gaffney SC area by Sunday night the 5th of April, we have an appointment for our water pump issue in that area on Monday and one at Freightliner for Tuesday the 7th of April.