May 15, 2018
Fort Matanzas
If you’ve read anything else I’ve written on this blog, you probably know by now that my family is an outdoor loving brood. This adventure is one of our latest: a trip to Fort Matanzas.
Fort Matanzas is a nice place to wander around and walk the half mile covered boardwalk. It feels like you are in the old Florida jungle – except the snakes and gators are going under the boardwalk and you are on top.
Fort Matanzas has the most amazing trees! They are windswept toward the intercoastal from all of the fierce ocean winds they’ve endured. You can picnic right under them (exactly what we did!) and walk through them. You are even allowed to climb them as long as you don’t mess with the hurt limbs or the really small ones.
Lucas loved climbing them – with a little help.
We tried for a good picture… (I love digital cameras, because I can delete the hundreds that look like this and keep the one or two that might have almost everyone looking!)
The ferry was closed but they said it will reopen soon.
Lucas found some beautiful flowers at the base of the building. He said, “Mommy, take my picture with the pretty flowers for you!” If you look closely, there are two orange lilies to his right!
Days like these linger like warm sunshine in my memory and I hope the kids remember them as fondly as I do.
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~Nancy Tart