History: Fountain of Youth

How many of you saw the most recent Pirates of the Caribbean film with the Fountain of Youth?

I did, and found the lore included in it very interesting and amusing.  Not to mention that I loved the ending with the Spaniards coming in and destroying it declaring, “Only God can grant eternity.”  AWESOME!

Well this past week we read about Ponce de Leon, and of course I associate him with the Fountain of Youth.  That was one of the big things he did as an explorer, he looked for the Fountain of Youth in Florida.

 

As a matter of fact there is an archeological park in Saint Augustine, Florida that claims to be the ACTUAL Fountain of Youth.  When Jeff and I visited there, pre-kids our hotel was right next to it, but for various reasons we didn’t make it to that park (too busy exploring the fort, one of the few forts to of never been taken in battle, or any of the other sites there).

 

After reading about Ponce de Leon, I challenged the kids to design what the Fountain looked like out of Legos.

 

Up at the top is Batman’s which looks more fountainy, here on the left is Superman’s.  He said the fountain was near a battle, so it needed soldiers to protect it.  Princess’ fountain was more on the theoretical side.  I’m sure there’s a fountain in there somewhere amongst all of those bricks.