• Long ago, the cannons fired loudly echoing throughout Saint Augustine. – The city of 3000 people had to live in

protection of the castle walls for 50 days.

• Now it’s a city that people all over the U.S come to for history, fun, and to see the castle and other cool things. (Like the statue of me)

• The city was built in 1565, that’s 42 years before the pilgrims arrived.

• The time we got there was about 6:30, so we decided to see the castle the next day. In that case, we went toward Barns and Nobles to get a Calvin and Hobbes book.

• When we got back too the, hotel my dad called his friend Patrick from Orlando. He came in about 2 hours. I went to bed at 12:00 at night and woke up at 9:00 in the morning.

• I eagerly put on my clothes and woke my dad and my dad’s friend Patrick. Once we were all up, we went to the castle.

• I saw something called the Spanish Code of Arms, that’s their symbol or mascot.

• It has a sheep on the bottom because it was important because it was important because all clothing was wool.

• The roof of the castle was very windy but it was worth it because there was a cannon firing demonstration. I was surprised how long it took to fire a cannon

• A cannon can fire up to 3 ½ miles!

• I got cold, so I went into this place on the roof called the sentry box. It was used to keep lookout soldiers away from harsh weather, but it had windows.

• After that, we went to the town. It had an ice-cream parlor, the oldest bakery in the U.S., the oldest drugstore and the oldest school house.

• After we saw the school house and stuff, we went to a light house.

• It was so high, I felt as if I were climbing a mountain. When I got to the top and looked down, I saw the whole town!

• We got down and went to the gift shop. I got a ship model.

• We went to the tournament and I got perfect scores in both weapons and forms. This is the first time I’ve got perfect scores in both events.

• We took a plane home at 5:00 a.m. and then drove back to my house. It felt good to be back.