Red Train Tour of St. Augustine

My heart rate is returning to normal and my blood pressure is slowly leveling out. Why? Because I lost my photos on the Picasa Picture program that I have been using to store my photos in. I backed up photos from February 1st on CD's, then discarded the files. What I didn't realize was that the files were then deleted from the Picasa program. Why is this a big deal? Because when I work in Picassa, I enhance (label, crop, straighten, lighten, etc.) the pictures. I didn't cry but I wanted to. I restored everything from the recyling bin and will deal with discarding things later, but I have lost all my work (meaning photo enhancements) from the 1st of the month. It is 11:30 p.m. and I am first starting my blog work. Yikes! Thank goodness the Olympics is on to keep me company. How about that Shani Walker (?) He won the gold for the 1000 meter race. He is from Chicago & Evanston and we were so excited, but then he was interviewed after the race and what a head case he was, no smiles or excitement. What an attitude!

Now that my trauma is over, I can report on our adventure. It was almost 80 degrees and sunny so we decided it was a great day to take a riding tour of St. Augustine. These tram tours are great, as you see the highlights and learn the history of the area. This is the way that we decide what we want to return to actually tour. We find neat restaurants this way, too. The photo is of the former Flagler Hotel that is now Flagler College. Mr. Flagler was a real visionary and is responsible for much of the development of Florida's east coast down to Key West. His name is on everything and we can see why.

We found a darling car wash. Yes, I know who would write about a car wash but the name of it is the Showboat Car Wash and sure enough, it is built like a showboat. We have passed it several times in the past few days and couldn't resist. For $5.00, the car is nice and clean. We returned to the campsite and Mel polished the Jeep's hood, while I cleaned the windows inside and out. The Jeep was in need of some tender loving care and it got it today.

Also, I got to talk to Ryan and Daniel today and oh yes, Michelle, too. Poor Daniel is so confused by our absence. Michelle said that they were riding around this afternoon, when Daniel piped up with "Okay, when am I going to see Grandma and Grandpa. They should be done with their trip and if I don't get to see them I am going to die." A bit dramatic for a 6 year old but he was frustrated and fed up and couldn't contain himself anymore. Michelle asked if a chat on the phone would do and he agreed. So we had a nice long chat with both of the boys and Mom and caught up on their doings and they on ours. Guess Mom will have to let them read the blog.

When the sun went down, we ordered pizza for carry out from our new favorite restaurant, Carinos. It was yummy!