{"id":2492,"date":"2020-09-09T15:36:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T15:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geotrippin.com\/?p=2492"},"modified":"2022-03-01T20:13:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T20:13:13","slug":"the-deeper-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geotrippin.com\/?p=2492","title":{"rendered":"More than History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2492\" class=\"elementor elementor-2492\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b2acc50 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b2acc50\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-610f40fa\" data-id=\"610f40fa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ba0e5bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ba0e5bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">St. Johns County has all the elements that attract tourists to Florida. There are romantic warm breezes, sandy beaches and sunny skies. Waterfront dining, museums, art galleries, music venues, golf courses, cultural events,\u00a0 limitless outdoor adventure options.<\/p>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_1822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1822\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1822\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geotrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smallergenung-e1596586862417-300x206.jpg?resize=300%2C206&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kayaking at Genung's Fish Camp\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geotrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smallergenung-e1596586862417.jpg?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geotrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smallergenung-e1596586862417.jpg?resize=150%2C103&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geotrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smallergenung-e1596586862417.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Genung&#8217;s Fish Camp. Built in 1948<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are many other great alternatives to do nearby. St. Johns isn\u2019t just about the old fort and the Fountain of Youth set among the faux Spanish architecture built by Henry Flagler. Venture out into nature for an escape from <em>America\u2019s First Tourist Trap<\/em>. The bigger story is the rare, pristine, one of a kind ecosystem we are surrounded by. St Augustine&#8217;s history starts in our endangered wetlands millennia, if not eons, before the European Invasion. Ancient civilizations with a complex economy thrived in this area because of this ecosystem. Their sophisticated society vanished\u2026 This is uncomfortable to discuss by those who stick to party lines.<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_1184\" class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1184\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geotrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/st-auguistine-waterfront-1-scaled-e1589744502376.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Castillo de San Marco and St Augustine waterfront kayak tour\" width=\"293\" height=\"220\" \/>\n<figcaption><br \/>Kayak tours of St. Augustine Riverfront<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are so many other known archaeological sites off the beaten path around St. Augustine to explore. Sites of interest include pre-historic burial mounds and shell middens, plus ruins from Spanish colonial, British Plantations, Menorcan settlements, old Florida nostalgia, confederate relics, civil rights era, and other historically significant sites along the waterways we love to kayak. Start\u00a0 kayaking and hiking St. Johns County to explore historical and natural treasures undiscovered by many.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kayaking is by far the best thing to do beside strolling down King Street and the St Augustine Waterfront.\u00a0 Join us when you are over the famous tourist attractions, theme parks, and other cliche vacation activities in St. Augustine. Head out on a Kayak Tour in the areas pristine ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Johns County has all the elements that attract tourists to Florida. There are romantic warm breezes, sandy beaches and sunny skies. Waterfront dining, museums, art galleries, music venues, golf courses, cultural events,&nbsp; limitless outdoor adventure options. There are many other great alternatives to do nearby. St. Johns isn\u2019t just about the old fort and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/geotrippin.com\/?p=2492\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;More than History&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","wp_mapbox_gl_js_media":[],"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kayak-adventures"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geotrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-07-at-9.37.23-PM-1.png?fit=2870%2C1566&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geotrippin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geotrippin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geotrippin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geotrippin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geotrippin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2492"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/geotrippin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3225,"href":"https:\/\/geotrippin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492\/revisions\/3225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geotrippin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geotrippin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geotrippin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geotrippin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}