Waiting for the ferry at Fort Matanzas

Beautiful day but hot. We are waiting for the ferry to take us across the inlet to Fort Matanzas. The fort gets it's name from the Spanish word for massacre. The fort is the "back door" to St. Augustine.  The land was caught over in the late 1500s and despite being outnumbered the Spaniards handiky defeated the French (in part thanks to a hurricane that sunk several French ships). 

In front of the visitor center determining who rides which ferry. 

The St. John River found at the end of the .5-Mike nature trail. 

The CO sunbathing on the bank in front if the fort.