It was a beautiful morning so we opted to spend the morning walking on the St. Augustine beach. Ed and I both agreed that this beach is our favourite beach in Florida.

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There were several surfers out enjoying the waves.

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At times we had the beach to ourselves, other times we had to share the beach with these guys (actually a number of people were out enjoying the beach as well)

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Royal Terns

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Foster's Tern

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Finding a good motel/hotel room is a bit of a crap shoot in my opinion. So when we pulled into the hotel at 6pm and the parking lot was empty I really wondered what we would find. I was pleasantly surprised when we entered the room and it looked brand new --- fresh paint, new carpeting, new comforter. Ed was told that the motel's ownership changed two weeks ago. I guess the new owners are freshening the place up.