The Wandering Disciple

A baby crocodile clings to its mama’s back as it moves across the habitat at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park on Anastasia Island. A mama croc can usually be seen with her young taking a ride on her back. This little guy is a baby African Slender Snouted Crocodile. The park is home to a wide variety of alligators and crocodiles. In fact, the St Augustine Alligator Farm features every living crocodilian species on Earth. (Photo: March 16, 2020)

St Augustine, Florida:   After skipping our annual road trip last year because of transitioning to a new job, I was really looking forward to this year's trip.  We had originally planned on Charleston for the trip, but we were still recovering from an extended time without pay during the transition so we decided to stay a little closer to home.  The choice for this year's trip was St Augustine. We were in St Augustine a while back but left with only scratching the surface of what the city has to offer.  So during this trip, we decided to experience more of what the Old City has and by doing this we used the Old Town Trolley and Historic Tours of America to enhance our exploration of the city. As the trip came closer, the world and the country began to spiral out of control with the COVID-19 pandemic.  Disney closed, Universal closed, Busch Gardens/Sea World closed, much of Florida and the country was closing.  We were concerned that the trip wouldn't ...