The weather has finally cooled down to 70s and 80s so we did a short RV trip to a local city campground. This was our first visit but we’d like to come back.
It was an interesting place. The biggest draw for many people is to drive on the beach. There are a lot of signs saying the park will not tow you if you get stuck. We weren’t tempted but lots of cars come out. There is a big difference between high and low tide on the flat beach. That means cars need to move around over time as beach disappears.
It also means that every beach walk is quite different depending on tide, moon phase, time of day, etc. Different places are uncovered when the water moves back. The park includes walks along the river, the ocean, and an inlet. The park has a peninsula where the ocean side is easy to walk with a wide (at low tide) beach. The inlet side is difficult. Low tide tends to be soft sand/mud. It took me 3 tries, but I finally walked that side by going as the tide was coming in to allow the most time for the sand/mud to dry.
Families were swimming and many people were fishing. Apparently high tide is the preferred time to fish but someone seemed to be fishing most of the time.
Florida means jelly fish, shells, and birds.
We had a tortoise walk thru our campsite.
The park is across the St. John’s River from a navy station. We saw around 10 ships docked there One of the navy ships deployed while we were there (it was on the local news). The river had different types of river travel like cargo ships and coast guard.
The place had minor damage from the recent hurricane Ian. They were still cleaning up the park including seaweed, palm leaves, and building damage.
Of course, I love my morning walks.
FYI: 3.5" of rain fell in the area the morning after we left. Glad we weren't there!
