St. Augustine and Home

Sunday, March 17, 2024 - St. Paddy's Day!

It's time to bid adieu to the nation's oldest city and return to life in the real world.  We have done all that the owner requested - dishes are washed and put away and the garbage has been taken out - and we've left the place just as we found it, except for the linens.  We're on the road before ten and meet up at a shiny silver diner called Georgie's for our final breakfast together. 

The portions are enormous and the waitress is very helpful, allowing us to order coffee with vanilla, even though it's not exactly on the menu.  I've ordered a Greek omelet and it has all the ingredients for a gyor, but in an omelet!  It's delicious but huge!  And it comes with hash browns and toast.

Sadly, it's time to hit the road for home, with lots of hugs and see-you-soons.  The guys really will see each other tomorrow night at TBC but I don't know when I'll see everyone again.  Very soon, I hope.

Stu, Amanda and I are homeward bound and Stu chooses lots of interesting music for the trip.  One of his favorite pieces is the beginning of an opera that is still being composed based on "The Odyssey"! I've heard a bit of it before and really enjoy getting to hear more of it.

The cups advertise local establishments!

The trip is just the way we like it, uneventful.  The GPS chooses lots of quiet roads and when we cross the Memorial Bridge on the Palatka side we see a bronze statue gracingt the entrance, a tribute to tthe defenders of freedom. We get to I-75, fairly close to home, and it's clear sailing from there.  We get to my house around three and the kids help me bring in my things - more than I left with!  And the cats eventually come out to greet me! It's been an amazing time; but it's good to be home and I manage to unpack a little and feed the monsters before watching something mindless on tv and falling into bed around nine!