We arrived St George Island State Park 10 days ago....yup, in ten days we have not been able to adequately post to the blog (or do much of any internet really) given the remote location of the campground. To access this very nice campground off the coast of Florida's Panhandle, you drive the 5+ mile causeway bridge to St George Island and then take a left and drive 4 miles to the point you see in the photo above. A few hundred yards beyond this point we registered for our week long stay here and then drove still ANOTHER 4+ miles to the campground entrance! Lovely and remote very adequately describe this Island State Park.
The Island is quite developed at its center, while the 10 miles of easternmost sections make up the State Park. Excellent walking, biking and shelling on the beaches here....but unlike SC, FL has strict rules about dogs having access to the beach. The only beach we could take Ali to was on the bay side where the waters are calm, the beach quite small and narrow and the sea life limited to some crabs.
Here is Ali enjoying a dip on that bay side beach. The dead trees scattered along this bay coast of the island make for interesting interpretation....and the place can seem a bit 'spooky' when enveloped with fog or very late in the day as the sun goes down.
Above are two photos of us on the move to and from St George Island.....multiple bridge / causway connections are needed to get to / from the island to the mainland....this also applies to access to the island's nearest town, Apalachicola.
Apalachicola is a wonderful, out of the way, small community on Florida's 'Forgotten' Coastline. It is beginning to be developed with several small shops and restaurants here and there in the small downtown area, but they co-exist with the shrimpers and oyster(ers) and fishermen. It is good to see that (so far) the tourist stuff has not totally displaced the working waterfront in the town. We liked this town a lot and will come back again....but we will likely find a campground on the mainland next time....one that is not so remote that computers and tablets don't work and phones barely do.
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| Yours truly driving......guess who grabbed the camera!! |
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Entering the main street of Apalachicola
Penguin Alert......... Our penguin friends go to the Public Beach on St George Island. The "dog waste" sign makes no reference to 'penguin waste'....so they will not have any problems!!
After a very nice stay at the Island campground, we were soon on the move again....our next destination.....Orange Beach, Alabama....just across the Florida line right along the gulf coast. See you there soon.......the white sugar sands of Alabama beckon......
One last thing..........the photo below is evidence that you never know what you might find / see while on the road.......
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