Florida, St. George Island State Park Jan 9 - 16

 To get to St George Island you have to drive over this 4 mile bridge with Apalachicola Bay to the west and St,. George Sound to the east.  The island is not very wide but is several miles long.  From the bridge it's 8 miles east out to the state park campground.  You can imagine how quiet and peaceful it was out here.  A good week to just regenerate.

St. George Island State Park, Florida


Our campsite in the State Park.

One of the shelters along the beach boardwalk.

There are lots of shells on the beach.

Walking back to the truck on one of the many boardwalks.  They use these boardwalks to keep people from destroying the dunes as they walk down to the beach.  Dogs weren't allowed on the state park beaches but the county or city beaches in town they were allowed as long as they were leashed.

This is one of the walkways to the beach. 

Great blue heron in flight along the beach.

Kay and I saw a lot of blue heron along this stretch of beach.

Typical summer homes along the beach.

Now we really liked this house.  It is built on stilts so when the hurricanes come they don't get water on the main floor.

St George Island Light House

Kay - Maxwell - Zoe walking along one of the many city beaches.  The dogs love the beach.  Zoe has to chase every bird she sees on the beach.  Too bad we can't let her loose to run after them.

This cardinal was a frequent visitor to the bird feeder.

Here is his female friend.

The cardinal sat on the edge of the feeder one morning when it was a bit chilly.  I liked the way he puffed his feathers out to keep him warm.

Zoe and Maxwell looking out the back window at the bird feeder.  The back window has a mirrored glass so in daylight you can not see in the window.  The feeder was only about 4 feet away from them.

Kayaking in the bay at low tide, I came across a lot of the crab traps.  This one did not have any in it yet.  The water is about 3 feet higher at high tide in this area.

Maxwell watching me come back to shore in the kayak.  He wanted to go with me so bad he was whining.

Kay walking the dogs along the trail from the campground. 

A look at the gulf near the campground on the island.

One of the birds Zoe wanted to chase on the beach.

We drove over to St. Joseph Peninsula which was about 50 miles west of the campground one day.  We found out that the monarch butterflies use this place as a resting stop on their way to Mexico.

We really liked our stay on St George Island.  It was very relaxing, even if it got a bit cool a few of the days.  We wish we had another week to spend here.   We would stop at St George Island again some day when we travel to Florida.