Yeap, another day off. Two, in fact, in what is probably my favorite Florida city . . . St Augustine. And staying at my favorite place here, The Pirate Haus Inn, where they specialize in pancakes for breakfast.
Breakfast was followed by a stroll around town. I had no particular agenda but decided to wander and visit places that I hadn't been to before. It felt warmer than the weather report was indicating . . . and it would be warming to the low 70s by the time I leave Thursday, so I could tolerate a little coolness on my two days off. Still, it was shorts and a tee-shirt.
The Cathedral Basilica of St Augustine . . . never been inside, so here we go.
From there, it was off to the Lightner Museum, which has an eclectic collection of odds and ends that have little or no relevance to St Augustine . . . but for the building, which must have been an amazing hotel in its heyday!
So the collection is really quite eclectic . . . and purchased by Otto Lightner at a deep discount from wealthy Chicago families going under after the crash of '29 . . . the Gilded Age was no more.
After that, I wandered some more and then had lunch at MOJO Old City BBQ, which had Cigar City's Jai Alai, so I was happy! Then back to the hotel to read some (The Turner House by Angela Flournoy) before resting up for dinner.
