…8pm last night
Grammy and I met up with other ghost seekers at the Ripley’s Castle and Museum in St Augustine. Lots of really weird stuff there. We were each given (included in the cost of ticket) a Ghost-o-meter and a disposable 35mm camera. I immediately disposed of the 35 mm camera and pulled out my Coolplix digital. (who in the world uses film any more??)
All kidding aside, this was one of the best ghost tours that we’ve been on. Lots better than the one in Savannah! St. Augustine is said to be the 3rd most haunted city in the country. New Orleans and Savannah claim 1st and 2nd place. That may be so, but there’s been more opportunity for ghosts in St. A because it’s been around since 1564. People ‘been dying here longer than the other twoJ
We didn’t see anything suspicious on our tour but I shot plenty of pics with Orbs in them. Of course, I seem to have orbs in many of my pics anyway. Nothing special.
When we returned to the Ripley Castle we found it to be really spooky on it’s own. The place gave me the creeps – daytime and night. This place use to be a hotel that Richard Ripley had stayed in several times. He wanted to buy it but it was never sold to him in his lifetime. He died in 194? Later his heirs made the purchase and located there his many curiosities from all over the world. Thus, this is the only “Ripleys Believe it or Not” museum that Ripley himself actually stayed in.
We returned to the Montana satisfied that we did what we could to wake the dead – with no results. Guess I should have slept through it. Brenda says my snoring …. ah, you know the restJ
Feb 16…
We returned to the city this morning for the last time. Brenda walked the rest of my feet off that she didn’t get to yesterday. I think that we covered everything pretty well: The Old Fort, the Old Drug Store (that’s haunted too), and the Lions guarding the city bridge. These few photos give you the general idea. If you want to see them all go to my FB page and take a look.
Well, we hook up and pull out tomorrow morning with a general heading of North, Northwest. God willing, we should be home by Saturday afternoon. It was really good to get back on the road and do some more camping and exploring. Next week we both have appointments and obligations at church, so we’ll ease back into it on Sunday.
Hope these last couple of weeks have been as enjoyable for you as it has been for us (even with the few mishaps). God bless you; and we’ll hopefully see you on down the road!
Happy Trails, Grammy & Pappy aka Ah-Pa & Gigi
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| Old haunted drug store |
"Shrine" installed to ward off Indian ghost
Old Fort at St. Augustine
Lions guard the city draw bridge
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