Anyhoo............. After we snuggled Whody into the nearest Wal~mart in Jacksonville, we high tailed it out to see Fort.Caroline. We went out the way they told us to go, and Holy Moly, here was this bridge, and it went waaaayyyy up in the air. Taking a deep breathe,actually we had to much traffic behind us to change our minds, we went over it, and lo and behold, there was Fort Caroline. Such an interesting place, it was shaped like an Indian arrow, sorta, it was very cleverly designed, with cannons facing inland as well as towards the bay, and the French had the Indians dig a mote around it , I thought you could probably jump across the mote, but Bill said, NO!
The French thought they were very clever with their fort until their supplies didn't come in, then, when they were starving to death, they were thankful to the natives, who brought them food such as corn and smoked lizards, OH YUMMY!
This is a picture of the houses the natives lived in, it didn't get really cold, and these were made to keep them cool and dry.
Here is Bill, just going into the fort, notice how thick the doors are, that would hold ya off for a while I'd say! The French wanted to stake a claim to some of the riches the Spaniards had already gotten in Florida, it didn't work, the Spaniards came in and massacred the French, guess the fort didn't work!
Here is one of the cannons, there were only 2 left, and although they look like they would blow out the wall, duh... did I not know they had to turn them around?? Nope, but they did. Below is Bill again, standing against one of the outer walls, you can see the water and the average man could look over the wall.
This picture was taken looking over the same wall, only the other direction, you can see there isn't much room to walk, but it could be done. How about those white rocks! Then we went for a walk in the woods, it took about 40min. but was very informative. Did you know that Spanish moss in neither Spanish, nor moss? It is a native air plant that gathers dust and rain in its leaves. Can you believe people wove this for clothing?? And we love it for our homes?????
Here is a picture of some of the area we walked through, it was really pretty, a lot different than anything I've ever seen in the Northwest for sure.
That ship!!!! It was unloading cars, cool! It was called 'Global Spirit', and was from Monrovia. Whew, what a day we have had and were glad to be home to open our Tin Cans and have dinner!
The French thought they were very clever with their fort until their supplies didn't come in, then, when they were starving to death, they were thankful to the natives, who brought them food such as corn and smoked lizards, OH YUMMY!This is a picture of the houses the natives lived in, it didn't get really cold, and these were made to keep them cool and dry.
Here is Bill, just going into the fort, notice how thick the doors are, that would hold ya off for a while I'd say! The French wanted to stake a claim to some of the riches the Spaniards had already gotten in Florida, it didn't work, the Spaniards came in and massacred the French, guess the fort didn't work!
Here is one of the cannons, there were only 2 left, and although they look like they would blow out the wall, duh... did I not know they had to turn them around?? Nope, but they did. Below is Bill again, standing against one of the outer walls, you can see the water and the average man could look over the wall.
Enter......... The ship, this is about when we saw the above ship first. We were both standing there just trying to imagine the ships of that era coming down the canal, and wa~la, here it came, it was just a speck at first, then got bigger and bigger until it was right beside us, just like in the picture above. Pretty cool for a land lubber!!!
This picture was taken looking over the same wall, only the other direction, you can see there isn't much room to walk, but it could be done. How about those white rocks! Then we went for a walk in the woods, it took about 40min. but was very informative. Did you know that Spanish moss in neither Spanish, nor moss? It is a native air plant that gathers dust and rain in its leaves. Can you believe people wove this for clothing?? And we love it for our homes?????
Here is a picture of some of the area we walked through, it was really pretty, a lot different than anything I've ever seen in the Northwest for sure.
When we got through with our walk, we headed home, it was starting to get dark, and cool. Our thought was on that bridge, we had to go back over it, but we is brave, we had just been to a Fort, so onward we went! And would you believe what we saw from the middle of that bridge????
That ship!!!! It was unloading cars, cool! It was called 'Global Spirit', and was from Monrovia. Whew, what a day we have had and were glad to be home to open our Tin Cans and have dinner!
Until our ship sails again, love, hugs & prayers, Arlette & Bill too, and the Sassy
PS: The thing in the last blog was a citrus washer, dryer and sorter. The big round thing was the washer, then they went to the smaller thing which was a dryer, then each orange was sent down the line and there were rollers at different levels and that helped to size them, and someone was there to wrap them and put them in boxes. Quite impressive, huh??? Love..................
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