May 1, 2017
St Augustine, FL

Here we are in St Augustine, FL.  We pulled in to Compass RV Park a few miles from downtown.  Our GPS calculated 4 hrs 39 min.  Actual was 5 hrs 41min and 273 miles.  We stopped once for personal relief and once for gas.  We could have made it here on one tank but We didn't want to sit here with a near empty tank.  We got a good feel for driving both on 2 lane and freeway.  We're not crazy about driving through Orlando on I-4 with construction but we did it.  Can't wait to try Atlanta or Chicago:(

The RV Park has about 70 'rigs' here.  Its fun to ride our bikes around and see how everybody sets up.  No doubt we fit in well.  In other words, there are a lot of our demographic here.

Today we take a shuttle downtown to a trolley that travels around all the historic sites and the downtown.  We bought 3 day passes and can ride unlimited.  Similar to the trolley in Key West.  We will try to get our sight seeing in the first few days because there is rain predicted later in the week.

I made several checklists for our trip and used them extensively.  But I guess I need to revise the one that says don't forget the frozen food, which is still in the freezer at home.  It was mostly junk food anyway so no harm.  The dollar store next to our gate has a good supply of tater tots (at a not so reasonable price).  The good news is that Tim remembered the beer this time.

Well, off to todays adventure. Thanks for reading.
T&GA

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