Good afternoon. It is just past 2:15 P.M. in "This City."

The sun rose this morning at 6:45 a.m. and will set this evening at 5:13 p.m., after a sunny but cooler high of 52°. Tomorrow, the temperature is forecast to reach a zenith of 65° under partly cloudy skies. Thursday, the forecast calls for rain in the afternoon, with a projected high of 66°.

Yesterday was  terrific day at Fort Pickens. It was also a free admission day. As always, I enjoy a visit to a fort of any type or description, and in this case I took numerous pictures. Here are just a few.

This 3 dimensional map can be viewed in the museum at Fort Pickens

This tower was built after WWII to use as a place for spotters to direct fire from one of two batteries located nearby.

Sometimes as with STWD, you have to sneak a picture of Mary.

One of the batteries for which the tower was built to spo. 

This is a picture of a howitzer that sits atop the ramparts at the fort, The child is in the picture for perspective.

One of many cannons used to direct fire at enemy soldiers who came into the dry moat at the fort. I too am in the picture for perspective.

Like all forts of this period, circa 1834, this cannon was used to protect from enemy ships.

Fort Pickens was obsolete before it was finished.  A fort made of bricks, was no match for the weapons of modern warfare. In fact, the only action the Fort Pickens ever saw was during the American Civil War. The fort was built using over 12 billion bricks. This fort was once used to imprison American Indians in the late 1800s.

Other than that, we didn't do much after arising early to take the intrepid weather dog to see her local doctor. She is doing much better.

As you can tell, I got up late today and didn't get to this blog until the afternoon. Ciao.