My last week in a nutshell: three states, two campgrounds and a zillion pelicans.
Wed-Fri: Gainesville. My friends have made their side yard into a tiny trailer park that perfectly fits one Alto. It even has a big gate so I can back my trailer in and then close the gates to have privacy from people on the street. I love it. And I love them for their generosity and their wonderful cooking. I got spoiled! I also got a library card and, man, ebook loans on Kindle are awesome.
Saturday, I left the lap of luxury to make my way northward, towards a reservation I made last summer to stay for a month at a South Carolina State Park for half price. Such a deal! But it’s a long enough drive that I broke it up into two legs.
Sat-Mon: Skidaway Island State Park, Georgia is a surprisingly cool campground, given it is walking distance to the little village of Skidaway, completely with a Publix grocery store. There are some great trails and I explored them across two days, camera in hand.
Tue onward: Huntington Beach State Park, South Carolina is where I landed yesterday, but not without driving through both Savannah and Charleston. I need to rethink my Garmin routing a bit. But I did get to go over some high bridges, and this one in Charleston was my favorite.
My current campsite is about three minutes walk from a long sandy beach. Which is where I saw PELICANS!! Tons of pelicans! And if you know me at all, you know how very happy the sight of flying pelicans makes me. I was grinning ear to ear watching them soar over the water.
Today, I went for a long walk sans camera and watched wave after wave of pelicans flying south. A few times, they flew right over my head! I’m calling this beach The Pelican Highway. And I intend to enjoy the beach and watch the pelicans every single day I’m here.
My big project for the next three weeks is the photography book I mentioned a few weeks ago. I had some wonderful responses, and am hard at work selecting photos and figuring out how to present them. It’s like writing drafts of a book, only visual, so big learning curve but so far, I’m enjoying the challenge. Stay tuned for details on the book as I have them.
for her
the ocean
was more
than a dream,
it was the place
she needed to visit
to find herself.
jose chaves
Huntington Beach State Park is a great place to get some closeup photos of herons and egrets along the causeway. And don’t miss the interesting live oak tree about a quarter mile along the Sandpiper Pond trail at the north end. It’s not big in terms of girth, but interesting in that it has 10 or more trunks coming out of the ground. Have a great time there.
Thanks for the tips, Bruce, I will go looking for the tree and keep trying the causeway (it’s been cold enough the birds are hiding, I think).
Enjoy the ocean and replenish.