OK. St. Augustine may be the “Oldest City in the U.S.” with the “Oldest Schoolhouse” and cobblestone streets but I’m not sure it really needs to have tourist traps. This morning, I went on a hunt for the “Fountain of Youth” discovered by Ponce De Leon. Ryan, Michelle, and I tried to take the trolley tour but it was going to cost 18 bucks. So, we grabbed a free map and took a little walk down the street. After some wrong turns and some problem-solving, we found it. It’s too bad it looked like a rundown Santa’s Village with creepy Christmas music playing overhead and an awesome statue of Ponce De Leon out front. They charged us $5 to get in to see the “Fountain of Youth” and Ryan claimed me as his sister so I could get the AAA discount of 50 cents off…hm…me? Sister of the whitey? Interesting. Anyway, we got a sip of the Fountain of Youth…questionable and we’ll probably get cholera. They even had a fake planetarium with a huge glowing Earth with a cheesy voice overhead explaining the different route that Columbus and other explorers took. It was hilarious and Ryan said it was like a Monty Python spoof. Well, that’s $5 I won’t be seeing ever again.

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After check-out, all seven of us piled into the mini-van and went to the Kennedy Space Center on our way to Orlando. With some more wrong turns and directions from a kick-ass old man at the gas station, we found it. Since it was already 4 pm, we only paid $10 to get in and got to see the Rocket Garden, go inside the Space Shuttle, and check out the new Space Shuttle Memorial. It was cool…it’s just too bad that our space program is so sucky right now. Jes was saying how this place would have been so cool in uh…1984! On our way to the condo, we stopped on the side of the road and saw a pod of dolphins hanging out by where we stopped. We caught a glimpse of a few of them coming up for air one at a time and ended up with stinky fish-smelling flip-flops when we got back in the van. I’m sure Ryan enjoyed that the most…he hates seafood…haha.

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Well, we’re checked into our condo and we saved $59/person by passing on Medieval Times. Ryan wanted to go so bad but the rest of us were so against and got out of it. We’ve gotta save up for our day at Epcot tomorrow. What an awesome way to spend our time in the campiest state in the country. Yay…Cheese-town!!