11-15-16 Santa Rosa Island in Pensacola

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11-15-16 Santa Rosa Island in Pensacola

We got up this morning and dropped the dinghy to go ashore Santa Rosa Island. We hiked the short width of the island to get to the Gulf of Mexico.  The beach has beautiful white sand.  The sun was shining; however, it was a little cool. The water was amazingly warm.  We walked a long way on the lonely beach.  Not another sole in sight. Just the way we like it.

Here are a few pictures of our stroll on the beach.

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Clean white sand beach as far as we can see. All to ourselves.
Clean white sand beach as far as we can see. All to ourselves.
The scene on the water was breath taking. Pictures don't do it justice.
The scene on the water was breath taking. Pictures don’t do it justice.
I'm too cute to be "crabby"
I’m too cute to be “crabby”
Look closely, you can see the jelly fish in the water.
Look closely, you can see the jelly fish in the water.
Here we are on the beach.
Here we are on the beach.

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Foot prints in the sand.
Foot prints in the sand.
Two Bald Eagles hanging out in a snag close to where we parked our dinghy.
Two Bald Eagles hanging out in a snag close to where we parked our dinghy.

 

We are getting closer to our point where we will have to do a 170 mile ocean crossing. As you can imagine weather windows are extremely important. The last 5 days have been perfect crossing weather.  We are really enjoying the beauty of each stop in the panhandle. Because of that, we chose not to rush to make the crossing. We still have about 5 or 6 days before we reach our take-off-point in Apalachicola. We will keep your posted.  It is possible for us to sit there for 2 weeks waiting for the next crossing.  We have no schedule and it takes the stress out of the trip to know we can stop anywhere that looks interesting.

Thanks for reading

Karen and Scott

Unique Random Picture of The Day:

Tone of many pieces of pavement found scattered in the sand on the non Gulf side of the Island. It is most likely from a hurricane or bad storm that tore the road out. The poser of moving water is amazing.
This is one of many pieces of pavement found scattered in the sand on the non Gulf side of the Island. It is most likely from a hurricane or bad storm that tore the road out. The power of moving water is amazing.

 

One thought on “11-15-16 Santa Rosa Island in Pensacola”

  1. Enjoying your posts and pictures. The pair of eagles are a WOW. The Air Museum is on our yet to do list. Happy traveling.

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