Ryan was a little leery of drinking from the foutain but we had been reading books leading up to our trip and he was so curious if it would keep him young. The water was horrible mineral water and tasted like sulfur. We all took a drink. Let's see if it helps. I should have gotten a to go cup! The grounds had beautiful gardens, Indian burial grounds, a planetarium that showed the nautical sky during Ponce de Leon's day, even white peacocks. On the coast line we could see a million little crawdads crawling around. Very neat place.
The lighthouse was of course gorgeous too. Kids were not allowed to go up it though for safety. O shucks! I was so disappointed that we couldn't climb all those stairs in all that heat! he, he. It has more steps than the Statue of Liberty. We did get some pretty shots of it though.
You will see some random photos of downtown, including Flagler College. Flagler built the first hotel that had electricity in America. Thomas Eddison came and designed it himself. The only thing was the people were afraid to use the switches so they had servants by each switch to operate them. It has the largest collection of Tiffany stained glass in the world. It is now Flagler college and a sight to behold.
We also saw the Oldest House in America. It was originally built as one story by the Spaniards and then the British came along and put the second story on it. The streets were so narrow as to allow the breezes to funnel through from the ocean, as well, as protect the city from invaders. When the enemies would come marching in they would just pick them off one by one.
I have so many pictures, and I'm sure more than you wanted to see, but this isn't even all of them. I still don't know how I'm going to scrapbook them all. I just had to blog about some of them though so I wouldn't forget the events. I hope you have enjoyed some of the memories we made. The previous posts are not done in a slideshow format. Sometimes I like slideshows and sometimes I don't. Enjoy!
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