Early morning walk down the boardwalk to the beach
Dunes to the left, Dunes to the right, and she’s the only girl in town!
On our final full day on St. Joseph Peninsula, we took a drive to Apalachicola for fresh oysters, and ate at a “Up A Creek”, which is right next door to “Without A Paddle”. The names alone were reason enough to go! But my sister Susan and her husband Frank ate there only last week and told us how much they enjoyed the place. Plus, they are PET FRIENDLY. Who gets to take their yellow lab to lunch?! We do.
The restaurant has an outdoor deck overlooking houseboat rentals. The town has a quaint downtown shopping and dining area, but this oyster bar is out on the waterfront. The servers were friendly and cheerful, and they treated Vera like a little princess. I’ve never been to such a pet friendly place. She got lots of love and attention. We highly recommend Up A Creek.
While we were dining we could hear music and mayhem coming from one street over. It was a Doggie Mardi Gras! Of course we were too late to dress Vera up in costume, but we walked over and enjoyed seeing some real Florida character.
We then drove down Indian Pass to another public beach. This one allowed Vera to completely run free. We set up our little spot and soon after Bob spotted a bald eagle. Naturally, my back was turned as I was hiking along the shore too far away to hear him shout. But after I got back the eagle returned and perched on a high tree right above us. Amazing!!
Our final sunset at the St. Joseph beach
Popcorn for supper…thanks to brother Yale for the red Whirley Pop
Hi Becky, It’s been fun following your blog and seeing all your pictures. It sure brings back many fond memories. In the 80’s, my wife and I bought an Airstream 345 motorhome, took our 15yr old son and 6yr old daughter out of school and toured around North America for 9 months. So many beautiful places to see!! A real trip of a lifetime!! We all loved our Airstream and always found other Airstream owners to be very friendly and interested in out big journey. Glad you’re having lots of fun. “Keep on Truckin” (and blogging)
P.S. Hope your not getting any rain up in the Panhandle today. It’s just started down here in South Ft Myers
Thanks for checking in here! I’m envious of your long adventure in the old Airstream. I’m sure you made great memories.
It’s pouring here at Ft. Wilderness today, but we have high hopes for the rest of the week.
Ft Wilderness was one of our very favourite stops. The kids loved it (so did I) We ended up returning there after hanging out in the Keys for a few weeks. Hulk Hogan was filming Thunder In Paradise in Ft Wilderness and made a point of stopping by our place one day after filming. The kids were thrilled. What a nice man. I think we ended up spending three weeks there in total. (lol)
Too bad it’s raining up there. There’s a lot to do in Disney World on a nice day. If it’s any consolation, It’s starting to clear here. Might be time to hit Ft Myers Beach for Happy Hour 🙂 Hope the weather improves and you and Bob have a fun evening in Disney. Enjoy!!