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