We had such a great time visiting with our son and daughter-in-law in St. Augustine over this past weekend!!
They have a 40-foot "camper" parked just a few blocks from the beach in a lovely RV Resort. We were given the master bedroom for the long weekend, which has a California King bed. Rough camping.... LOL. They stayed in the other bedroom, which sports four bunk beds. There is a living room area and an eat-in kitchen with a full-sized refrigerator. It was more like staying in a luxury suite in a 4-star hotel.
After thinking about selling it or moving it, they have decided to keep the camper and stay in this location for awhile, so they will work on a more permanent stabilization system and will build some steps, etc. It is a great get-away place and I think we will be invited back....
We arrived mid-afternoon on Friday and after unpacking, playing with the grand-pups a bit and seeing the camper, we took off for some shopping at the St. Augustine Premium Outlets. Of course we all found things to buy and spent most of our money in the CROC store. Yes, we love our CROCS.
Grandpup Brooke
Grandpup Zoey
St. Augustine Outlets
Blogging friend, Linda, mentioned to me that her favorite restaurant in St. Augustine is O'Steen's. We found it and tried to go there after our shopping, but it was PACKED. We decided to go back to the camper and order take-out from a local Italian restaurant that Joey and Darlene like. It was delicious.
The next day, we decided to play tourist and get trolley tickets for a tour of the city. Halfway through the tour, it started raining. We stayed somewhat drier on the trolley than if we had been walking so we were happy to get back to the trolley depot and then head for home. This time we did stop at O'Steen's, put our name on the one-hour waiting list and went shopping in the antique store next door. I found a Pyrex bowl and also a bowl made of Murano glass!! We got them both! I also found this little plastic pitcher, which I didn't purchase but had to take a photo of. My grandmother had one just like it in red. There was always cold water in it, in her refrigerator.
They finally called our name and we were seated for dinner. I have to say thanks to Linda for referring us to O'Steen's! The food was delicious. I could have made a meal on just the hush puppies. We were all very happy with our choices. I had lightly battered shrimp, a cup of clam chowder, fries, beets and those yummy hush puppies.
We watched a couple of movies together before turning in. Sadly, the weekend went much too fast. We had such a good time. Driving home, we had some horrid rain with poor visibility for quite a stretch. The only thing that saved us was taking the toll road around Orlando. Traffic was lite and we saw no accidents. Everyone actually slowed down and drove sensibly.
I got the laundry done and am back to work. The audit starts today. This too will pass.
Have a great Monday! Thanks for stopping by! Peace & hugs!
