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Title: Vacation (Castillo de San Marcos)
Post by: Rebel Yell on May 27, 2008, 12:21:00 PM

THIS is history.  I was impressed, but the wife grew bored.  We stayed there about an hour.  We walked through all the rooms and it still well built today.

(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii59/Cane_Nation/101_0223.jpg)

(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii59/Cane_Nation/101_0222.jpg)

Barracks
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii59/Cane_Nation/101_0222.jpg)
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii59/Cane_Nation/101_0226.jpg)

Church Sanctuary
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii59/Cane_Nation/101_0227.jpg)

(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii59/Cane_Nation/101_0230.jpg)
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii59/Cane_Nation/101_0232.jpg)
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii59/Cane_Nation/101_0234.jpg)

Title: Re: Vacation (Castillo de San Marcos)
Post by: jtyangel on May 27, 2008, 12:25:51 PM

That's awesome! I remember that...haven't been in years though.

We are going to Florida for almost 3 weeks starting in mid-ish June. I don't think we'll have time to go though since we'll be staying with my dad closer to south Florida.

Title: Re: Vacation (Castillo de San Marcos)
Post by: BEG on May 27, 2008, 12:29:04 PM

I love that kind of stuff. 

Title: Re: Vacation (Castillo de San Marcos)
Post by: Chris_ on May 27, 2008, 12:31:10 PM

How I would love to go back and visit the Fort again. :)  (I'm about 3 hours from St. Augustine, so maybe in August between semesters...)    Once again, thanks for posting some great photos, RY. 

Title: Re: Vacation (Castillo de San Marcos)
Post by: CBUSMS on May 27, 2008, 02:10:26 PM

I hope you all made it to the lighthouse.

Scratch that. I see you just started that thread.

Title: Re: Vacation (Castillo de San Marcos)
Post by: Randy on May 27, 2008, 03:01:08 PM

Do they still fire off one of the cannons?

Title: Re: Vacation (Castillo de San Marcos)
Post by: Rebel Yell on May 27, 2008, 03:06:28 PM

Quote from: Randy on May 27, 2008, 03:01:08 PM

Do they still fire off one of the cannons?

They do, but not while we were there.

Title: Re: Vacation (Castillo de San Marcos)
Post by: Georgia Bulldog on May 27, 2008, 06:08:00 PM

My wife and I went to the Castillo earlier this month. As we were leaving they fired off the cannon. That's the third fort I've visited. The other two were Fort Pulaski and Fort Sumter.