I did a hike outside the park one morning to see a bit more of the north end of Amelia Island. The morning mist and sunrise was gorgeous over the wetlands.
Everyone seemed to have a boat so the marina was full. There was even a house shaped like a boat.
Plaza San Carlos (now Fernanadina Plaza Historic State Park) is a site with not much to see but lots of history. It was a campsite for Native Americans as early as 1000 BCE, a Spanish mission 1602, watch house in 1696, Fort San Carlos in 1816, overtaken by Scottish and French pirates, occupied by Conferate troops in 1861, and a state park in 1949.
The goal of my hike was to see Bosque Bello (Beautiful Woods). It is believed to have started in 1785 and still in use today. The new section has plots for families that are similar to the old section.
I liked the plots in the old section with different varieties of cast iron fencing.
A section with soldiers of the Spanish-American War (1898).
And sunrise.
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