Last year, we stopped at the St. Augustine Lighthouse on our way home from our Florida trip. As we drove through the old part of town on our way back to the highway, we decided we would like to see more of this area. So, this year, we spent two days exploring this 400+ year old city. I like taking organized tours of areas I have never been to, so the first thing we did was take the Old Town…
When we left Orlando, we were headed to St. Augustine for a couple of days. We stopped first at the Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse and Museum in Ponce Inlet, FL, just 10 miles south of Daytona Beach. This lighthouse is 175 feet tall, the tallest in Florida, and the 2nd talles in the country (Cape Hatteras in North Carolina is 207 feet). The restored lighthouse was added to the National List of Historic Places in 1972 and became a…
We came to Florida, once again, for HamCation, the 3 day Florida Amateur Radio Convention that is held every year at the Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando. It is the 2nd largest Ham Radio event in the country (Dayton Hamvention in May is the largest in not only the US, but the World). John is a commercial exhibitor and we drive to Florida with a trailer full of radio accessories to sell. He is also a dealer for two other…
We travelled to Florida for Hamcation (Ham Radio Convention) once again. We took two days to drive down to Orlando, stopping for the first night in Dillon, SC (one exit down from South of the Border), as we did last year. The highlight of our drive down this year was the Georgia Welcome Center on I 95. This center was closed last year due to new construction, but we were delighted to see it was open this year. This visitors…