We decided to take the 45 minute tour of Flagler College. What a beautiful school - the buildings and the grounds. A senior student led the tour and did a terrific job. The private college has 2500 students at a tuition of $22,000. per year including room and board. The school was built by Flagler, the stained glass windows down by Mr. Tiffany, and the architects were Carrere and Hastings. They also designed the Metropolitan Opera House, the Library of Congress, and the Senate and House of Representatives. It was originally built as The Ponce de Leon Hotel for the wealthy from the North for a winter getaway. He also built an "activity center" across the street, The Alcasar Hotel, that provided activities and spa type services for folks that stayed at the hotel. It included an indoor pool, bowling alley, ballroom, steam room, casino, etc. Quite the buildings for the late 1800's. The architecture is breathtaking!
Went to The Bunnery for a delicious raisin scone and key lime square. They were exceptional. Walked around a lot of the downtown area and then biked back to the CG. Only rode about 9 miles.
Went for groceries, prepped some food and did some indoor clean-up of Willie. Coy, Betsy and their friend Gail came to our campsite at 4:00 to visit and have dinner with us. Gail does many different crafts including beading and wire wrapping and shared many tips that can help me in my wire wrapping. I appreciated her help! Supper went well and we enjoyed spending the evening with these special people. They left around 8:45. Ken and I worked together cleaning up and then spent time on our computers.
Another wonderful day on our winter adventure!
Enjoy the photos of our day!
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| Riding Bike on A1A from our CG to downtown St. Augustine, about 4 1/2 miles |
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| Statue of Ponce de Leon |
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| Entrance to the Bridge of the Lions. Leads into St. Augustine |
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| That bridge takes you into Vilano Beach |
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| It is motorcyle Week at Daytona Beach about 47 miles away. Many of the bikers are lodged in St. Augistine! These 2 cycles were drawing a lot of attention! |
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| This is the ceiling of the Dining Hall in Flagler College. |
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| This is the actual Dining Hall. Incredible! |
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| The lobby of a building in Flagler College. |
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| Tin Dragons were part of the original Ponce de Leon Hotel. Red lights were in them at night to make them look like fire breathing dragons! |
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| This fountain on the grounds of the Hotel (now Flagler College) is beautiful. The 12 frogs represent the 12 months and the 4 turles the 4 seasons. All of them "squirt" water! |
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| The gate at the entrance to the college. |
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| The Alcazar Hotel, really just a place for the wealthy folks from the North to play and do activities! |
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| Crossing the Bridge of the Lions as we were entering downtown St. Augustine! |
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| What a view from the bridge! |
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