Day Three: St. Augustine Trip

St. Augustine, Florida: The sun rose over day three of our trip, our final day in St. Augustine. Since we had a long drive ahead of us and school/work in the morning, it will be a short day in the city.

We broke down camp, packed up the truck and explored the park a bit before heading out.

Our first stop of the day was at the St. Augustine Lighthouse. From there we climbed the 219 steps to the top of the lighthouse. We were rewarded with a spectacular view of the city and surrounding area from 165 feet in the air.

Once we returned back to the ground, we encountered some of the lighthouse’s famous ghostly appearances. We were the first customers allowed into the lighthouse. My son and I climbed to the top while my wife waited at the base. When we returned to the ground, there was a fresh (wet) shoeless footprint on the tile floor. Just one and so detailed you could see toes, heel and arch. However no-one was in the hall without shoes during the whole time and there was only one. My wife asked the guide if he had seen it or anything like it and he replied it was probably one of the ghosts because the lighthouse is haunted.

After photographing the mysterious footprint, we continued to explore the Keeper’s House where we had another encounter. While my wife and son were in the basement of the Keeper’s House, she heard footsteps creaking on the wood floor above her head. However, we were the only people in the building at the time and I was still on the metal spiral stair case with a clear view of the room above her and there was no one there.

The encounters were enough to spark further interest into the haunted history of St. Augustine so we purchased a few books to learn more about the stories.

When we completed the tour of the grounds, we headed over to the Bridge of Lions to take a walk over the historic bridge and view the city from the bridge. The waterfront of the city looked spectacular from the bridge.

Then we traveled through the city one last time before hitting the highway. But before we left, we stopped by the St. Augustine National Cemetery to pay our respects to the brave men and women who defended our country in honor of Veterans Day.

But then it was time to say good-bye to the Ancient City and hit the highway towards home.

The trip went by too quickly. We had a great time in St. Augustine. We managed to do a lot of stuff in a short time, but we haven’t even scratched the surface of what we would have liked to do. I can guarantee we will be back in the future.

Until then, my wife has plenty of ghost stories to get her ready for her next ghost hunting trip and I have over 1,000 photos to go through and post.

View the slideshow below for pictures from day three of our St. Augustine trip and be sure to check back later for more stories and photos from the trip.