Camping Day 3 -part 2

I wish we could have stayed at St Andrews forever but alas, my hubby had to go back to work on Monday and we were missing our fur-family. We had a great friend watching our furbabies, so we knew they were in good hands but one can only go without kitty and bunny cuddles for so long. 

An anhinga drying it's wings

On our way back from the pier we stopped by a bird watching dock. We saw just about every type of heron and egret that live in Florida and for a special treat we saw a juvenile Wood Stork. I couldn't get any good photos of the stork. 

We also got to see a Marsh Rabbit. I don't think I had ever seen one up close. The cute little guy let me get right up next to him, living in a State Park I'm sure he was used to people.

 

I think he knew we were bunny people

 

In the afternoon we hiked back out to Sandy Point. Being Saturday it had more people so we walked along the beach and took photos of the fresh deer tracks in the sand before hitting the trails back.

 

 We took our time and explored one of the paths we hadn't gone down yet. I'm glad we did because we got to meet this Snapping Turtle. We know how aggressive these turtles can be. Even though this fellow didn't seem to mind us, we kept our distance and shot this with a zoom. 

My Sock it to Me bike socks, a must have for any bike trip (my old bike was pink and these looked amazing with it)

When I found this Old Navy shirt I knew I had to have it, it had a pink bike on it to go with my bike socks

An old sunken sail boat right off the shore by the shell point shuttle dock.

We really enjoyed our trip and now we can't wait to go camping again. We really need to get a few friends to go with us. I hope we can find a few that wouldn't mind primitive camping (I hate being around RVs), although I'm not sure I want to give up running water and nice bathrooms. 

We got in town just at sunset and we splurged at our favorite dive. Since it was late when we got home we waited till Sunday to unpack. I was busy washing, folding, unpacking, and repacking everything from the trip. I didn't get to sit down much except to start sorting and re-sizing the photos from the trip. Even today I still have to put up 3 loads of laundry. Oh well, I better get on that so I can crochet a little.

Much love, RC

Camping Day 3 -Fog

We woke up at daybreak again. The weather had warmed up substantially from the morning before but it was just a touch cool and cloudy. As we ate our breakfast we watched the channel fill with dense fog. I LOVE fog! I couldn't wait to get down to the pier and see everything bathed in foggy goodness.

The fog was so thick you could barely see the other shore, a few times we lost all visibility.

 

The three stooges 

  

 I love my cupcake hat. If you crochet you can make one from my free pattern Cupcake Chapeau. 

If you don't crochet you can always message me and I can make one for you for a small yarn fee. 

yeah, not much make-up because I hate to doll all up while camping

So beautiful

Camping Day 2 - part 2

This guy was sitting on top of the cleaning station when we got to the pier

After we finished lunch the weather had warmed quite a bit so we changed into our bathing suits and hopped back on our bikes. We rode down to the pier and parked our bikes so we could hike out to Sandy Point, a slightly secluded beach on the other side of the jetty. The trail was flooded in a few spots but was easily passed.

Isn't the view lovely?

How perfect is this sign? The year is only a few off..

I hear by claim this for me, RC Rabbit!

 

 

I tried to spin some poi but it was too windy on the point

We had planned to swim but I saw lots of jellyfish washed up on the beach so I got too nervous to get in the water past my ankles. We had plenty of fun looking at all the pretty shells. I saw some chunks of what could be the largest sand dollars ever.

We played in the sand and watched the boats coming and going along the channel. We even got to see the coast guard pull someone over, it was amazing such a big boat got so close to the shore.

 

 

After we got back to camp we juggled by the playground till it got dark. I had better luck with my poi since the breeze had died down.

Camping Day 2 -part 1

Ding dong the witch is dead

I have to break day two up into two parts because we did so much.  We woke at sunrise to a very windy and cold morning. We bundled up and sat down for breakfast, Dad made us all pancakes and eggs over-easy.

I love the bike racks all over the park, they were an Eagle Scout Project.

 After breakfast we warmed up by riding to the beach.

It was a beautiful day

The beach was covered with wild rosemary that was in full bloom

 

The jetty is my favorite spot in the park

The sun was so nice and warm

  

I love to climb the rocks

This sanderling hung out by us the whole time we spent on the jetty, I think he was hoping for bait handouts from the fishermen.

The beach is nice and empty at 8 am. Our only human companions were a family with a small child, a paddle surfer, and a handful of fishermen on the jetty.

We took the main road up to the little visitor center/museum. This cute hand painted and accented sign has a sweet retro vibe. I wish I could have gotten a better picture but the sun was so bright I kept getting reflections in the Plexiglas. While viewing the fish tanks we got a call from my parents saying they were about to cook lunch, we hoped back on our biked and peddled to the camp store to pick up a little junk food.

Veggie dogs need potato chips with them right?

Stay tuned for Day 2 -part 2