St. Andrews state park, Panama City, FL

Monday we left Henderson Beach SP and drove 32 miles down the road to Grayton Beach state park, where we stayed Monday night.  This place is another beautiful state park,  but not quite as nice as Henderson.  We did manage to get a water front site on one of the parks smaller lakes.  To get to the Gulf we had to ride bikes a half mile.  Left Grayton yesterday morning and wound up another 30 something miles down the road at Panama City where we got a campsite at St. Andrews State Park.  Our site is another beautiful campsite on the Grand Lagoon, which connects with the Gulf.  In the pictures below you will see the wrecked sailboat that just happens to be laying on the beach in front of our campsite.   We spent the afternoon walking the gulf beach and watching kiteboarders.  The weather did turn a little bad with clouds and light showers.  The temp is still in the high 70's.  We have seen no signs of any oil on beaches, but driving thru the beach area at Panama city was real void of any tourists.   It is off season so a lot of business's are closed.

                                          Barb on Grayton beach

                                           View from our campsite at St. Andrews

                                           washed up almost in front of our campsite

                                           The boat name is "Dreamweaver"  from St. Augustine, FL

                                           Me on St Andrews SP beach

                                           Kiteboarder at jetty, St. Andrews

                                           Barb on St. Andrews SP beach

Henderson State Park, Destin, FL

Left Gulf SP and drove to Henderson SP in Destin, FL.   This is another very beautiful campground.  Each campsite is secluded by being surrounded by shrubs and trees.  The air conditioned restrooms are emaculate with artificial flowers on the sinktops.  There is a boardwalk over the dunes to a pristine beach.  Henderson SP  ranks high on list of the country's best campgrounds.   We were awakened by squirrels this morning running around on our roof and looking in the roof vents.  The weather is perfect.   Took a long walk on the beach yesterday taking pictures.

                                           Gulf State Park

                                          Little Lake at Gulf SP

                                           Relaxing on Henderson Beach

                                          Barb on  Henderson Beach

 

Sunset on Henderson Beach

Gulf State Park (still here)

Signed up for more days, so we will be leaving Sunday. Oct 31.  Spent the day riding my bike, visiting the pier, and walking the beach.  Barb was busy catching up on her book reading and playing Solitare on the computer.  The weather has made a big change, from hot and humid to much cooler with low humidity.

                                           Our campsite for 5 nights

                                          End of Pier looking to shore

                                          Gulf State Park Beach with city of Gulf Shores in background

                                           End of Pier looking out in gulf

                                           Spanish Mackerel  (they were catching a lot of them)

                                           Sand Piper