Fish jumping repetitively like dolphins, besides the local very clever black birds The most amazing was the wildlife: hundreds of pelicans passing a few metres above us all the time or diving in the water not far from us. The water was warm while very windy outside but again not clearĤ. The sand is not flour like in Clearwater or other Florida beaches, but even so I noticed a car got stuck in the sandģ. Apparently in holidays there is car parked near the other, which I could not put up withĢ. I have never been on a beach where you can drive your car right to the shore and on the second day there were more cars meaning the space between the cars was around 20-30 metres, meaning you could hear the crappy local music - I wish some people kept their music to themselves.
We surely got burnt in early March simply by playing sports in the water, which was rather warm even in the windy day we were there.ġ. It's great exercise even if it can feel rather futile. Check out the visitor's center for the lowdown on where to camp and to get a few trash bags to take along. I recall a morning encounter with a fisherman, who remarked, "Holy Cow, where did you come from?" You can drive, especially with 4 wheel drive, many miles, but you can also walk for miles. We loved the openness of the primitive camping, the birds, the sunrises and sunsets that belonged to only us. Despite good community efforts to keep it clean, it just can't be.Īll that being understood, we had a marvelous time here. It's a phenomenon resulting from the way the Gulf carries trash in from all over the whole of the Gulf of Mexico. This is not because the place is filled with careless users. This is not pristine beach as there will be cars and trucks driving along it for fishing and other purposes, and, here's a downer, mostly up towards the dunes there is a ton (literally) of trash. We camped for several nights on the beach in our van. It was cold and windy when we were there, but still enjoyed walking the beach and enjoying the view from our kitchen table.īe careful of the speed bumps entering and leaving. My husband drove his pickup 10 miles without driving to 4wd. Saw very few campers further south than about a mile and a half. There's a toilet and dumpsters at the north entrance to South Beach. Drivers, too.īeach camping is free, but you must register for a permit. If you're walking you can't hear approaching vehicles, so be observant.
Saw a number of campers parked perpendicular with tires in what appeared to be soft sand, but I wasn't taking any chances.
That being said, I parked parallel to the water just off the "road" where it was still packed hard. I've driven on gravel roads that were not packed as hard as this sand. For the first time ever, I drove my 25' Class C motorcoach on a beach and camped there.
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