November 23

We hit the laundry this morning early and were rewarded with four unoccupied washers and dryers. While Annette remained there, I walked to get a haircut. The same barber cut my hair as in the Spring. She said she remembered me because I asked for a Princeton. Gary was able to find many spare parts for the boat at the ships store here at the marina and after getting the laundry back to the boat, we met the kids . This picture shows the Senator, the oldest tree in St. Augustine, and one that was growing here when the nearby Fountain of Youth was discovered. We had spent several hours at Ripley's Believe It or Not where the grandchildren had a scary good time.

This is a life size model of the tallest modern man, who at over 8' 11" towered over those he met as his model towers over Susan and me.

Besides the unusual human variations found at Ripley's there are truly beautiful and remarkable objects made by human hand. This Chinese work created out of camel bone took many men four months to make. We had a fun day. Annette and the rest went on to more sightseeing at the lighthouse while I returned to the boat as the wind had come up and I wanted to make certain we were holding fast. The dinghy ride back to the boat after retrieving Annette was in the dark and wet. The night was spent half asleep and half awake watching our position. We never moved. But two boats in the area that we had abandoned when we first arrived crashed together and got stuck together. It apparently took three men some twenty minutes to get them separated again.