Hi All,
We have spent the past few days learning about Ft Caroline and the brief French settlement in Florida.
In 1964 the park service built a 1/4 scale replica of what the fort was believed to look like. Here is the entrance gate.
The ramparts overlooked the mouth of the St Johns River.
This canon guarded the entrance gate.
Today we got to witness a wonderful National Park outreach initiative. Using a "Skype" like application on an iPad, Ranger Katrina gave a classroom of students miles away a virtual tour of our Visitor Center
and then Ranger Craig(also our boss) demonstrated loading
and firing a matchlock musket.
Lest you think this place is all cultural history, this gopher tortoise crawled up in front of the VC.
To paraphrase Little Orphan Annie, "We think we're gonna like it here!"
Love.
Sandy & Carl
Sandy & Carl
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
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Photographed and sent from Carl's iPhone
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