Ocean-Moonshine

St Augustine / Daytona Bike Week

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OK, that didn't work out well - piccasa's collage cropped it to bits. You can view pics here: Mini Gallery

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...says the tourist site...
"Fort Matanzas is 14 miles south of St. Augustine on State Road A1A.
Built of coquina by the Spanish from 1740-42 to protect the southern approach to St. Augustine, Fort Matanzas was proclaimed a national monument in 1924, along with its sister structure, the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine.
Nine years later, both were turned over to the National Park Service. In 1565, almost 200 years before construction began on the fort, another story was played out at the Matanzas Inlet -- the massacre of the French Huguenots.
A large French force under Jean Ribault had left their settlement of Fort Caroline in Spanish-claimed territory near present-day Jacksonville to attack the Spanish at their new settlement of St. Augustine.
A storm shipwrecked the French fleet farther south. When the Spanish discovered the French on the beach, they ordered them to surrender, give up their Protestant faith, and accept Catholicism. Being without weapons or food, they did surrender, but renounce their faith they refused to do. So the Spanish massacred nearly 250 Frenchmen as heretics near the inlet, which was then appropriately named "Matanzas", the Spanish word for massacre. This confrontation began 235 years of Spanish control in Florida. There is no admission charge to the fort, but because it is built on a barrier island, the only access is by boat.
There is a free, five-minute boat trip out to the fort. The National Park Service ferry transports visitors every hour on the half-hour, beginning at 9:30 a.m. and running to 4:30 p.m. daily, except Christmas. "

Closed Christmas. No blood on Christmas Sunday. There's always Monday for Matanzas. Religeous Zealot Combustion.
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Bikes. Combustion. V-Twin Vibration --->
Hormones. Combustion. --->
History. Combustion. --->
God. Combustion.

("Please allow me to introduce myself, ...Won'tchu guess my name.")

(...btw, this is not the anwer, but may be part of the question --->
Evil Incarnate
wonder if its made ebay yet. ...rolling eyes )

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Who IS this Saint anyway ? ? ? ...scratching head.

His statue is in St. Augustine's historic section. He is standing with his hand on a small Indian boy's head. Something cool about him, but oddly removed - I don't remember who he is.

"As the leading actor hurried by in the costume of a monk. There was no actor anywhere better than the Jack of Hearts." (???) - Dylan

Ah, found him. A man on a mission. Fits into the story rather nicely! ---- Friar Combustion