Kicker: Boat in the road

PAUL BUTLER, HOST: A 200-year-old boat is causing a traffic jam in downtown St. Augustine, Florida. That’s because last week, construction workers at a busy intersection uncovered wood and other artifacts in the ground.

James DelGado is an archeologist working the site.

DELGADO: So we’ve seen fragments of old ceramic containers. We’ve seen bottles. We’ve seen rusty bits of iron.

And evidence of what they had for dinner:

DELGADO: As well as cuts of bone probably from somebody’s chops that just scraped the plate into the water.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Easy clean up!

BUTLER: He said the boat looks to be built locally and likely used to fish or maybe for carrying things around. And as for people trying to get around in St. Augustine now? The project is still on schedule.

REICHARD: Now, that’s surprising!

BUTLER: It’s The World and Everything in It.

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