St. Joseph Peninsula

It was a long travel day, 180 miles, made longer by traveling the Florida Panhandle Scenic Highway, #98, which has a 45 mph speed limit almost the entire way. But, traveling at that speed allows for enjoyment of the scenery which was truly beautiful and, at times, spectacular. We went through Pensacola, Fort Walton Beach, Panama City, Hollywood, Laguna, Santa Rosa (are we in California?) and Mexico Beach and, finally, Port St. Joe.

We are now back in the Eastern Time Zone - just barely. If you look at a map you can see the twists and turns the time-zone-line takes on the map.

The campground is in T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park with an address of Port St. Joe. However, once you arrive in Port St. Joe there are still twenty miles to go as you turn right and travel along a very narrow spit that creates St. Joseph Bay. We arrived just about sunset, backed into our site and followed the parade of people streaming to the beach to witness the sunset.

Sunset on the beach.

Edited on Sunday, November 30:

Internet and phone access alternates between "No Service" and 1 dot at our campsite so we were just barely able to get out the blog last night. Today we found an internet service spot so we want to add some pictures.

Looking a little to the south at sunset. Beach oats that help build the dunes.

Looking to the north down the beach.

Looks like that's it for another day.

Tucked in for the next five days.