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Made it all the way to the Atlantic Ocean and had a little beach time after camping at Anastasia State Park.
A couple of posers were at the beach.
The day life in St Augustine is a little less hectic than the night life. Add the coming of Christmas and multiply the hectiveness.
when the journey ends
traveling from coast to coast
another one starts
Just a little side trip into Georgia. I have always wanted to go to the Okefenokee Swamp ever since I was in third grade when I saw a documentary film with that title. Have to plan ahead because the swamp tour was booked.
I will return in February to do the swamp tour. It will be a childhood dream come true.
Onward to St Augustine under a canopy of trees while taking Highway 100 from Lake City.
The bridge to my destination, Anastasia State Park.
southern canopy
whether of concrete or green
beautiful to see
State park on the Suwannee River with dangerous alligators
and Christmas gators
and the chiming of the bell tower
Enjoy
river of old folks
streaming past those pearly gates
make way for the new
After rain all night and early morning, it became warm enough to get my feet in the water. It felt so good.
The Sugar Hills campground is certainly named appropriately.
Saying goodbye to St George Island
and driving along the Forgotten Coast of Florida. Forgotten because there is very little big or small development along this route. Very old school Florida. Had to stop at the Carrabelle IGA to get Tupelo honey. How sweet and here’s the song by Van Morrison
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tc0MIm_GHg4
Spending the night at Ochlockonee River State Park, home to the white squirrels.
honey from the bees
a white squirrel runs in the tree
nature’s wonderment
From the campground at Grayton Beach, drive, walk or bike to the beach.
It’s a big beautiful gulf.
Eastward to Apalachicola and St George Island.
Had to stop at the Piggly Wiggly for Oyster City beer and a key lime pie. Apalachicola is known for its oysters. Hole in the Wall was closed (where they shuck em right in front of you) Went to Up the Creek and had grilled gulf shrimp and cheese grits. I am ranking them in my top three best shrimp and grits ever. Sorry, I don’t do food pictures.
I do, however. do boat pictures, cloud pictures and bridge pictures. That bridge took me to St George Island where there is a campground and tonight there is no noise or party lights. Just people enjoying nature.
One more photo of the old ice company. Check out the old phone number. This is in Apalachicola, a small town with lots of shops, restaurants and a big post office, not to mention again, a Piggly Wiggly.
now Mexico Beach
rebuilt after hurricane
trees take time to grow
The road along Pensacola Beach takes me past a Futuro home.
Futuro homes were produced in the 1960s, designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen.
This link will tell everything you wanted and didn’t want to know about the Pensacola Beach UFO house. https://thefuturohouse.com/Futuro-Gulf-Breeze-Florida-USA.html#crane
The drive along Santa Rosa Island is beautiful, calm and of course white sand dunes.
The bridge at Navarre feels like driving into the sky.
So many yummy places to eat like Native Cafe, Donut Hole and Beach Camp Brewing.
Welcome to camping in Florida.
December is here
chaotic energy comes
what else can I buy
Two days on a barrier island at Gulf Islands National Seashore. Cool but sunny.
Fort Pickens Campground is right across the road from the white sand beach. Shelling not so good.
sea oats grow on dunes
plover leaves tracks in white sand
this Spring a sand nest
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
Crossing the Pearl River leaving Louisiana.
World’s best rest stop in Mississippi. It was like a park.
Just before the Pascagoula River.
Approaching Mobile and going under it in a tunnel.
Destination Fort Pickens campground Pensacola Beach on Santa Rosa Island.
Supper and a sunset.
white sandy beaches
traveling along the 10
four states in four hours
Thanksgiving Day and the campground smells like Cajun cooking. I managed a traditional feast out of a crockpot, two sauce pans and a fry pan.
This is a beautiful park on Lake Pontchartrain with bike trails, hiking trails and of course alligators but I didn’t see any. Don’t forget this was once a sugar plantation and sugar mill.
taste of the season
a price paid for this sweetness
old bricks tumbling down
Just hanging out at Fontainebleau SP.
Once a plantation and sugar mill.
Now a very picturesque park.
On the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain.
warmth in the fall air
until north wind brings a chill
a murmur of birds
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