We ate breakfast at a hopping local joint called Big Pine Restaraunt. It was excellent and dad commented that the waitresses were all really friendly, despite being under the stress of the breakfast rush.
From there we went to Bahia Honda State Park, home of Florida's "top beach." We hit it at high tide and found no beach at all on the ocean side. I suppose this shouldn't have surprised us but when we went to the bay side we saw only a few hundred yards of beach - with every square inch being used. We both got into the water and took a while to acclimate to it, but concluded it was definitely preferable to the Westport beach temperature-wise.
From there we went to Bahia Honda State Park, home of Florida's "top beach." We hit it at high tide and found no beach at all on the ocean side. I suppose this shouldn't have surprised us but when we went to the bay side we saw only a few hundred yards of beach - with every square inch being used. We both got into the water and took a while to acclimate to it, but concluded it was definitely preferable to the Westport beach temperature-wise.
We went through a quaint butterfly garden by the seaside. It was quite beautiful. Today was a day for collecting coco lobo leaves, which a park ranger told us have been used as postcards because of their durability and pretty colors. I put my stash in my journal to personalize later as potential good-bye gifts to friends??
After exploring the bridge, flutterby garden and beach we were hungry and so drove up the highway to the next big town, Marathon. Our destination in marathon was Publix to purchase fixings for picnic wraps. These ingredients served us for several meals over the next few days. We tried out our new ingredients at the Marathon veteran's park, where we talked about Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keys and the idea of starting a literature club in Indonesia.
We were a little sunned out at this point in the day so returned around 3:30 to our inn and chilled until dinner. Dad took a lovely shower in Tom and Midge's outdoor shower. For all those who doubt the aesthetic of an outdoor shower, we have only to say, try it before you knock it. It was very zen.
Later that evening, after doing our respective relaxing activities for the remainder of the afternoon, we drove around looking for an un-busy food joint. We tried to get into a posh-looking place called the Square Grouper but they had a 55 minute wait at 8 o'clock so we drove down the road to The Wharf Bar and Grill, an outside bar.
Later that evening, after doing our respective relaxing activities for the remainder of the afternoon, we drove around looking for an un-busy food joint. We tried to get into a posh-looking place called the Square Grouper but they had a 55 minute wait at 8 o'clock so we drove down the road to The Wharf Bar and Grill, an outside bar.
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