Spent the day touring this beautiful city. It recently celebrated it's 450th anniversary, making it the oldest European settlement in the new world. One man told us that even though St.Augustine will constest it, this is the oldest settlement, but the settlers left for a few years before others came back. They celebrated the anniversary by having a visit from the King and Queen of Spain, and a tall ship from Spain.
We visited the Naval Air Museum, a place full of retired planes with much historical significance. We learned that the first plane landed on a ship in 1911, and they are getting ready to celebrate the 100th anniversary. Early planes used castor oil because they didn't have any other oil that would do the job.
Later we came upon elves decorating a Christmas tree outside city hall; stopped for a look and saw many other character associated with Christmas, some more so than others. Not sure why Elvis was there. Today was the preparation for Winterlude, which is a festival that takes place every weekend from now until Christmas. They have a trolley that takes people around town, and the various characters make up vignettes around town. Sounds like a lot of fun. One lady told us they even have someone doing backflips around the trolley as it travels. Had dinner with Nancy and Eddie, plan to travel to Destin tomorrow.
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| Yellow planes were used for training, the guide said others knew to stay out of the way |
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| We had lunch in the Cubi lunchroom, looks like it was a soldier's hangout in the Philipines |
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| Wayne says no more room inside than the planes he used to fly |
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Plane used in China against the Japanese by both Canadian and US pilots before the US entered WW2
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| Snoopy is getting in the party mood |
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| Elvis is ready for Christmas |
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The Grinch is looking suitably mean
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