After
a pancake breakfast in the RV this morning we drove over to Destin on the other
side of the bay, about a 4 mile drive over the Mid Bay Bridge causeway. Destin is still very busy as it is a major
spring break destination for college kids and families with children who are
also out of school for the spring break.
After buying a $7.95 beach umbrella on sale at the spring break price of
$9.95, we had lunch at a seafood restaurant on the Destin harbor on the gulf
side of the island.
We
then headed to the beach at Henderson Beach State Park. We had stayed there overnight on the trip
east and the beach is very nice. Almost
every inch of beachfront on both sides of the state park has been developed
with condos, hotels, and supporting businesses.
It is nice that the park area has been preserved with an open beach,
dunes, and natural vegetation. The park
is virtually full all year, testifying to the public’s desire to come to a
location like this and enjoy the natural beach setting that seems to be getting
harder and harder to find (at least in Florida).
We
walked along the beach for about a mile and sat in the shade under our new
umbrella, enjoying the sun, sand, and water.
The temperature was a near record high of 85 degrees with only a few
clouds inland. We spent about two hours
at the beach until the wind picked up and turned our new umbrella inside-out. It
really wasn’t a very sturdy umbrella anyway, but it should work in the future
in a gentle breeze.
After
washing the sand off of our feet and getting changed we decided to have an
early dinner at McGuire’s Irish Pub where we ate on the way to Clearwater and
on our previous trip in 2009. The food was
again excellent.
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