Apalachicola/Carrabelle - Feb 9 - 12

I keep hoping that we slow down one of these days - I'm having a dog-gone good time but I'm dog tired at the end of the day!  We seem to have lots to do, no matter what the day brings!

We spent one night on St George Island at the state park.  Wish we had been able to get more than a night's reservation but one night was better than none!  (Florida state parks are beautiful!!!)  It's located on one of the barrier islands that form Apalachicola Bay and St George Sound.  It's relatively undeveloped (kinda reminds me of the way the Outer Banks looked before the commercial development got out there) with some homes and a very small town to provide some necessities for residents.  The sand dunes are beautiful!

I wasn't allowed to go fishing (again!) but I did get to taste a little bit of the whiting that Mom caught.  By the way, have you noticed that Mom is catching all the fish?  (that could be because Jay is having to keep the hook baited, and take the fish off the line as she catches them!!!!

We spent the next two nights near Carrabelle.  We got to go walking on the beach and enjoy the morning sun as Mom and Jay had a cup of coffee.  We did enjoy seeing the Bald Eagles soaring along the shore and even got to get up close and personal with one as it perched in a tree right above our walk path. 

 

The campground in Carabelle had a nice fishing pier that I was allowed to go out on. I got to watch Mom catch a fish (again!) Well... it was a small shark that had to be thrown back (again).   Sure would be nice if they would catch and KEEP and EAT more of what got caught!!!

 The seafood in the area is really good. Apalachicola oysters are great on the half shell with cocktail sauce, broiled with cajun seasoning and cheese, or made into stew... Yum. And the blue crabs were pretty tasty, too - altho I wasn't too sure about getting too close to them before they hit the stock pot to simmer!!!

I like the crabs better after they've boiled for a few minutes!