Leaving our friends in The Villages, we headed North East towards Jacksonville, Florida. We will be staying at Little Talbot Island State Park near Jacksonville. This will be our base location where we will venture out each day in a different directions.
This is our campsite for the next four days. All of the trees and vegetation provides a high degree of privacy, but this campground is a little too woolly for our liking and the mosquitoes prevented us from sitting around the campsite without some repellent.
After getting set up, Kitty, Kallie (our dog) and I drove around the park. We stopped at the south end of the beach. Since dogs are not allowed on this beach, Kitty waited in the truck with Kallie while I took this boardwalk to the beach to check it out.
At the end of the boardwalk, I followed this path to the beach.
I arrived at the beach at low tide. When the tide is out like this, it creates these tide pools like the one this couple is wading through. You can find some interesting creatures in these tide pools. But, it was getting late and Kitty and Kallie were waiting back in the parking lot, so I headed back excited that we had such a beautiful beach to enjoy.
Monday, May 19, 2014
We were really anxious to hit the beach today. So, we decided to spend the day on the north end of Little Talbot Island beach. We grabbed the beach chairs, umbrella, water bottles, beach towels, plenty of sun screen, and headed out thrilled to finally be at a beach again. These beaches are some of Florida's best all natural and undisturbed beaches.
We like to walk the beaches because you never know what you'll find. This beach had an abundance of shells which kept Kitty busy for quite some time while I walked up the beach amazed at the plethora of drift wood. All types and sizes of drift wood can be found here, but it is protected and can not be removed. Here is a small sample of what I saw.
Of course, there's always gulls along the beach. These laughing gulls provided some entertainment and kept asking for handouts!
The wind created some interesting carvings in the sand. In this picture, it made vertical waves in this sand dune.
Here it made horizontal waves in this sand dune.
Here's some of the treasures Kitty collected. No doubt, these will be heading home with us!
This is a great beach to explore and we had a relaxing and fun filled adventure here today. Tomorrow, we will visit one of our favorite beaches. If you love beaches like we do, you'll love the next couple of blogs.
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