Day 65 1/9 Saturday Tall History and Golf tales of Tallahassee

Heather and I headed out relatively early this morning as we wanted to do a walk of the Myers Park Historic District, where our accommodation is. As it gets pretty hot here as the day wears on, an early start seemed sensible. We had a booklet of a guided walk all around the area. It was very good and explained how this whole area was a special housing development in the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s. Many of the homes were adjoining the golf course and owned and built by famous people of Tallahassee. We returned later in the morning and the boys had been relaxing in preparation for their game of golf. The boys dropped Heather and me off at the Museum of Florida History before they headed back to the golf course. This free museum was magnificent and we spent several hours there learning about Florida from the Ice-age to the present day. From here we walked to the Knott House Museum, another free museum. Heather and I were the only people there for the 2pm tour and so we had a fantastic, personalised tour of this lovely old house, built in 1843 and preserved just as it was in 1928, by the Knott family. We walked back to our accommodation from here and about an hour later the boys arrived home from golf. They had really enjoyed themselves despite the heat and humidity. Heather and I had discovered a lovely restaurant in the nearby, Cascade Park. It was called “The Edison” as it was in a very old electricity building. We talked the boys into going there for dinner and had a delicious meal. It was a lovely way to finish a great day.   

Paul and I played golf at the Capital Hill Country Club today. The course was in wonderful condition but very few were playing, and it was a Saturday!! Found out that not too many play, and most either play early or late due to the heat and humidity. Golf was fun, lots of grass, but once off the fairway the first cut was long and very hard to find the ball. Had a drink in the bar afterwards with about 10 blokes, they were eating smoked BBQ ribs, they offered us some, outstanding.