Historic St Augustine. We love St Augustine!! And we especially love the first weekend in December in St Augustine ever since our first year traveling south when we coincidentally arrived in St Augustine on the first weekend of December. We know you’re not supposed to have a schedule on a boat, but this is one schedule we try to keep. That’s when St Augustine has their 1 1/2 hour long old-fashioned Christmas parade through the historic down town area right on the water front. All kinds of groups participate and the streets are packed with people watching. The pictures don’t really do it justice, but they give just a taste. It’s so much fun!
Then on the first saturday of December is the Colonial Night Watch re-enactment. The night watch commemorates when people lit up the town and stood watch to protect the town from invasion.
Then the first Sunday in December is when the local church we go to has their Christmas cantata.
All in all, a great weekend to be in a great town!
Some of the floats and groups that marched in the parade. Everything from dance classes and dog rescue groups to businesses and bands.
The re-enactment includes not one, but two volleys from all the muskets carried by the re-enacters. We’re not sure if they yelled “cover your ears!” during colonial times, but the warning was much appreciated!
Not sure who ranks these things, but St Augustine supposedly ranks among the top towns in the country for Christmas light displays. The entire town square is decorated!
No visit to St Augustine would be complete without touring the old fort.
After St Augustine, we continued south and anchored at Rockhouse Creek where we were treated to another beautiful sunset!
He quieted the sea with His power