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

Gulf State Park, Alabama

We are at Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, AL.  Got here Tues. afternoon.  It has been very hot and humid the last several days.  This morning a storm blew in dumping quite a lot of rain.  Yesterday we spent most of the day at the new swimming pool which just opened labor day.  We also checked out the new pier.  In the afternoon Barb mentioned that the couple camped across from us looked familiar.  About 5:30 the husband came over to invite us to go to eat with them.  It was then that we found out it was the couple that camped beside us at Big Bend.  They are from  Florida.  We all went out for a seafood dinner  and had a good time discussing every place we had been.  It is another coincidence that we run into someone we had seen a thousand miles ago.   Also we didn't see any oil on beach,  but that may change today as we are going to take a long beach walk.

                                           New pier at Gulf SP

                                           Deep cleaning sand.  In middle are seagulls

                                           More deep cleaning with local tv coverage

                                           Barb in fountain

                                           Barb in pool

                                           Me in fountain