We were excited to head back into Florida, first stopping for a week on the Emerald Coast for our second time. It was only slightly warmer than our last time here in early February. We highly recommend the Topsail State Park in Santa Rosa beach. There was a nice 3/4 mile paved trail to the beach and then 3 miles of undeveloped white sand. We took a day trip to the Blackwater River for a canoe float and enjoyed biking on the trails of Highway 30A.
This past week was probably our most relaxed of the entire trip. The temps warmed to the mid-70's. We found an RV park on Chokoloskee Island, part of the Everglades called 10,000 Islands. We are literally at the end of the road! The lack of services has been refreshing…and interesting. The note on the closed grocery store said "now open Friday through Sunday." We enjoyed lots of fishing over the week, some from the marina dock and some from a chartered skiff. Nothing like the taste of fresh fish.
We had the pleasure of seeing Uncle Art and Aunt Jan in Naples and having grandma and papa with us during the week. Mom and dad were along as we took a sunset boat trip through the maze of mangrove islands which culminated in watching hundreds (thousands?) of birds roost for the night. Our big night out came with a trip up to Ft. Myers to see Chris Tomlin in concert. It was a fabulous, uplifting night and was the boys' first concert. They loved it!
We were excited to head back into Florida, first stopping for a week on the Emerald Coast for our second time. It was only slightly warmer than our last time here in early February. We highly recommend the Topsail State Park in Santa Rosa beach. There was a nice 3/4 mile paved trail to the beach and then 3 miles of undeveloped white sand. We took a day trip to the Blackwater River for a canoe float and enjoyed biking on the trails of Highway 30A.
This past week was probably our most relaxed of the entire trip. The temps warmed to the mid-70's. We found an RV park on Chokoloskee Island, part of the Everglades called 10,000 Islands. We are literally at the end of the road! The lack of services has been refreshing…and interesting. The note on the closed grocery store said "now open Friday through Sunday." We enjoyed lots of fishing over the week, some from the marina dock and some from a chartered skiff. Nothing like the taste of fresh fish. 
We had the pleasure of seeing Uncle Art and Aunt Jan in Naples and having grandma and papa with us during the week. Mom and dad were along as we took a sunset boat trip through the maze of mangrove islands which culminated in watching hundreds (thousands?) of birds roost for the night. Our big night out came with a trip up to Ft. Myers to see Chris Tomlin in concert. It was a fabulous, uplifting night and was the boys' first concert. They loved it!
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Still jealous. Take care!
The vdKs.
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