We had
spent a week at Kathleen's mother's place in Melville, NY.
During that time, we suffered a few bad rainstorms and a cold
spell, so we were happy to be in a regular house with heating.
At the end of the week we rolled on to "points south" traveling
through New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Along the way, we
stopped at Kathleen's cousin's place in Chevy Chase, MD.
The photos below are what we saw.
While in
NY we decided to attempt to fix the fuel leak that Thor had been
suffering. We replaced the return line that exits from the
head aft of the #6 cylinder injection line. The fix was
good, and held, but we discovered that there was another leak as
well.
On our entry to Long
Island, the south route was blocked by the NY Marathon, so we
had to go via the north route via the George Washington
bridge. On the exit from Long Island, both paths were
open so we decided to take the path over Staten Island.
The Verranzano Narrows Bridge gave us a nice view of southern
Manhattan and Staten Island. The Statue of Liberty is
visible near the left edge of the photo above.
Our trip
south was somewhat unremarkable except for the cold. Our
first night was spent in a Holiday Inn in Cranberry, NJ to avoid
the freezing weather. We spent another night in Chevy
Chase, MD with Kathleen's cousin and then continued south along
I-95. Above is the approach to the bridge over
Jacksonville Harbor.
Container
cranes at the Port of Jacksonville.
The
crest of the bridge had nice geometric patterns traced by the
bridge's support wires.
We arrived
at John and Faith's place in Nocatee, FL. Last time we
were there, there were plenty of open lots around John's
house. Now, construction has started in
earnest. This concrete pumper waits for the arrival
of the concrete truck.
Construction
and landscaping has continued at John's place with loads of
brick pavers delivered and installed.
The
driveway and sidewalks are now completed with only the
additional landscaping pending.
Lots to the south of
John's place are now under construction as well.
From
Nocatee, we traveled south a short distance to reach St.
Augustine, FL where we decided to visit Castillo de San
Marcos. The castillo was started in 1672 and was the 9th
successive fort at this location since the establishment of the
outpost in 1565. The previous forts were made of wood but
the castillo was constructed of coquina shellstone.
The
coquina stone proved remarkably robust to both cannon balls and
weathering. The low areas were moats.
The
castillo was attacked multiple times, but never breached.
The
castillo had a commanding view of the access to St. Augustine's
harbor.
Access
over the waterway is now via a draw bridge. The bridge is
open to allow passage of a sail boat.
These
tall walls were never breached during combat.
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