Florida Panhandle

3-2-15 to 3-11-15

We spent 4 days at Rainbow Springs and then headed west along highway 98, a back country road leading to the Florida panhandle. This time our destination was St George Island State Park. It is located outside Apalachicola, Fl, which is know for its oysters. John fondly remembers another stay here and the delicious oysters.

Again, the campground was filled with mainly snowbirds and not very many Floridians. It's another very nice Fl state park. They are all well maintained. This campground is located at the end of a barrier island with a beautiful white sand beach just across the road. Most of the campgrounds also have some nice hiking trails, which this one also did.

Besides the oysters, we are also enjoying the fresh shrimp, grouper, mahi and red snapper.

We enjoyed a nice seafood lunch on the river in Apalachicola with Dede J, a former CHS classmate. It took us awhile to get caught up on what we've all been doing since high school. We all agree, retirement is the best.

We next moved to another state park, St Joseph Peninsula State Park outside Port St Joe, Fl. It is located about 50 miles up the coast from Apalachicola. Not a long drive this time. It's a campground located on a peninsula with a gorgeous white sand beach on the Gulf of Mexico. The other side of the peninsula is St Joseph Bay with a nature walk allowing great bird watching. We were lucky enough to see a pair of bald eagles along with many herons, egrets, sandpipers, etc.

We did see some interesting signs on our nature walk.

If you look carefully, you can see our motorhome tucked up under the trees behind the lagoon. It also made for great bird watching.