3 Things

School has kept me really busy, but now I'm back!


Fountain of Youth

About a week ago, I went to the Fountain of Youth. One of my favorite parts of the Fountain of Youth was the live wild pecocks. There were white ones, regular ones and almost featherles ones. Total there were 25 of them. I got to feed them peanuts. When you drink from the Fountain of Youth you are supposed to stay young forever. I drank from it! There was even a Indian village.There were people who made arrows and bows. I loved the fountain of youth.
Facts
1.Juan Ponce found the fountain.
2.In 1493 he joined Christopher Columbes.


Beach

About 5 days ago, I went to the beach. I made these balls out of sand. They were hard as stone. I went diving and found a shell. I gave it to mom for Mothers day. I loved the beach.


Ryan

About 3 weeks ago, Ryan from Mainecame to see me! Most of the time we were in the water. We got new boogie boards. We got really good waves. Some made me go to dry sand. We also went to Riplys Beleive it or Not Museum. I had a lot of fun when Ryan was here.



stay cool,
Blake

School

I'm sorry I couldn't write to you sooner. I've been very busy! 2 weeks ago, I started school. It is a nice school. They are home of the dolphins. I've made some new friends. There is a huge playground that is a park. It is 100 yards long and 150 yards round. It is all wood accept the slides and swings.



There is a street here called St. George street. There is a place called Pizza Time. The pizza is dynamite. There is another place called Shades and blades. It sells swords, battle axes, bee bee guns, war hammers, maces, daggers, nun chucks, air soft guns and amo, armor and shields. I love St. Augustine.

Cocoa Beach

I'm at my grandparents condo at Cocoa Beach Florida. Today, I went to the beach. I found 6 star fish. I built a really cool sand castle. The castle looked like a catamaran with 4 hills around it. It had 42 sand cannons surrounding it. I counted them myself! My dad dug a big hole. The hole was 4 feet deep. I get to watch a lot of TV here. I like staying with my grand parents!

Stay Cool,

Blake

The Story of St. Augustine

My dad has got a job! So we will be staying in St. Augustine for a while. My mom is making me write about the history of St. Augustine.






St. Augustine is 442 years old. It was founded in 1563. St. Augustine's age of 442 years old may not seem significant when compared with ancient Athens, Rome or Memphis of Egypt. But, the city is indeed old. The city and Spanish colony in Florida were settled one after the birth of Shakespeare as well as one year after the death of Michelangelo. For most of the colonial period, St. Augustine was the only significant military station defending the northeastern frontier of the enormous Spanish Empire in America. I like St. Augustine!






Also...

The Atlatl and dart was a long range weapon used by the Native Floridians before the Europeans !

Stay Cool,

Blake

St. Augustine

Four days ago, we arrived in St. Augustine. We are going to be in St. Augustine for a long time. There are nice showers. They are really hot! There is a cool fort. It is over one hundred million pounds.It has never been destroyed in battle. We saw a cannon go off. Our friends are coming tomorrow. They are on a 42 foot boat. The name of their boat Bye Polar. They are from the North Pole. There is a wax museum here called Potters Wax Museum. There are some really weird wax people. I really like St. Augustine.

Stay Cool,

Blake

Savannah

Six day ago, we were in Savannah. we were next to a water front park. In the middle of the park, there was a memorial to all of the people who lost their lives at sea. Near the visitor center there is a gryffin. It reminds me of Gryffindor from Harry Potter! The place where we were in Savannah was very old. A lady cracked her head on the ancient stairs. It was not a pretty sight. I went to an old cemetery. There was a wall made out of grave stones. This may seem hard to believe but in Savannah, I GOT MY HAIR CUT BABY yahoo oh yeah uh huh... I liked Savannah a lot!

Stay Cool,

Blake

South Carolina's Suroundings

In South Carolina, there is a type of moss called Spanish moss. It looks like old, long and green hair that grows on trees. In South Carolina there are a lot of alligators.



Here are some facts about South Carolina.

The capital of South Carolina is Columbia. Barracudas live in South Carolina's waters. The first shots of the the Civil War were fired on Fort Sumter!