When I started my ride in Crescent Beach, I rode down to Marineland.


Exploring along the way, breaking for lunch at Fort Matanzas National Monument. https://www.nps.gov/foma/index.htm

A Reminder of an Earlier Time

Fort Matanzas National Monument preserves the fortified coquina watchtower, completed in 1742, which defended the southern approach to the Spanish military settlement of St. Augustine. It also protects approximately 300 acres of Florida coastal environment containing dunes, marsh, maritime forest, and associated flora and fauna, including threatened and endangered species.