Week 84: Sylvan Shores, Florida

Castillo de San Marcos, St. Augustine, FL

St. Augustine, Florida is the "oldest continuously-inhabited European-established settlement in what is now the contiguous United States," which makes me think that there are other settlements that are not European-established, have not been continuously inhabited, or maybe are in some part of the non-contiguous Untied States, although that one seems unlikely.

In a similar vein, the Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental US, so maybe there are older wooden ones.

Despite all the qualifiers though, St. Augustine is very old, established in 1565, and the Castillo is quite old as well, built in the late 1600s.

To be clear, my walking has never taken me near St. Augustine, although I have actually been there with Jackie long ago.

I averaged about 8,000 steps per day this week, three quarters of my goal before I was injured. I do not have any distance goals for now, but I still walk Arlo twice a day, just not so far as I used to. When my hip feels normal, I will increase my steps.

Despite the slow progress, I am in the home stretch. My countdown says I have 30 days left, although it will probably take more like 35. I am a couple of weeks from the south shore of Lake Okeechobee. From there, it's less than two more weeks to Boca Raton, then another 50 miles to Miami.