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​Manatee Village Historic Park

12/31/2018

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​Manatee Village Historic Park located in Manatee, FL. was a destination on the way to a AAII Chapter meeting in Sarasota. The village collection of restored buildings from Manatee County’s settlement history and experience life in Manatee County before the arrival of modern conveniences such as automobiles and electricity. We were delighted that the county created and maintains this historic site and offers visitors a look back in time. The Courthouse we came to learn was the first courthouse built specifically for that purpose in the country! We spent almost two hours exploring the village in addition to the general store and were offered keys to the cemetery across the street for a walk around. (Note: the cemetery was created back in 1850 as a resting place for the town that was hit with yellow fever. See Manatee album here.

We then went on to the AAII chapter meeting where we 'separated' ways - Mom to the reception room of the Realtor offices with iPad in tow ... and me to the conference room to learn about Delta's Financial Economic Sentiment Indicator and the the Treasury's 10 Year Yield Curve used to predict upcoming recessions.

Following the meeting, we went to dinner at JR's Old Packinghouse Cafe for great Cubans and family style conversation with Larry and his wife.
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St. Augustine - Night of Lights

12/11/2018

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One of our Christmas 2018 special events (of course, besides the day with the family) included a visit to St Augustine to see the entire city in lights. The 'Night of Lights' shows off the best of St Augustine. ​St Augustine is always a favorite place to visit and so we were looking forward to seeing the city at night - under lights and catching more memories we missed in times gone by. So, after check-in at The Ponce (by the way a great value inn), we decided to 'rest up' in our room and attack the city in one swoop - dinner, touring, sight-seeing and photos.

​Upon arriving in Old Town ... early evening, we noticed that the crowds and traffic
were less than we expected, possibly due to the low 39 degree weather. (Ginger owes me one by my insisting we bring our leather jackets). Dinner at the Scarlett O'Hara (a dining recommendation from the true St Augustine traveling natives Trevor and Gail Swan) was excellent, especially the crab cake. it was off to the Old Town sites - Constitution Park, Lion's Bridge, side streets, Flagler College and more ... the scenes were wonderful, the lighting was great, and after 3-4 hours and 6 miles of walking ... it was time to head back to the Ponce.

Waking early the next morning, I grabbed my photo gear and took the opportunity for sunrise photos. As planned, the sun came up, but the clouds were not participating and the desired cloud reflections were not available in the clear morning sky. Hotel checkout and breakfast and we are on our way back to Redington Beach. In order to travel 'backroads of Florida and avoid the Interstates, we 'aimed' the car southwest and selected backroads. It turned out the travel was very pleasant with winding roads, scenery, horse country and an opportunity to visit a National Historical Site - the Evinston General Store and Post Office aka the Wood and Swink.
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