Monday, October 24, 2011

The Fountain of Youth..

 I often joke that the Fountain of Youth is all that rain we get in the Netherlands that helps wash away the years. But, we all know that the real Fountain of Youth was discovered by Ponce de Leon in Florida in 1513. Jimmy remembered visiting the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park as a child, so thought it would be fun to show the girls. We were expecting it to be cheesy, but it was actually pretty cool. We started with a drink from the legendary fountain, which smelled like sulfur and tasted horrible; hope it was worth it considering there’s no evidence that the fountain was even in St. Augustine.
Then we saw a planetarium show and a cool multimedia show before exploring the grounds. Afterwards, we walked around the historic district and saw America’s oldest wooden schoolhouse built in 1716.

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