Port St. Joe, FL - vacation pics!

Vacation...it ain't for sissies

Here's a picture of Colin last week taken just minutes before that storm you see decided to drop what seemed like about 6 inches of rain on us in one hour in Port St. Joe, Florida.  We had some great days at the beach ... this was not one of them.  Until that day I'd never gotten so desperate as to use a broom to try to keep the water away from our campsite before.  Our old 1978 Starcraft pop-up camper (the one I grew up camping in) held up great, though.  Everything inside stayed dry, even if everything outside got drenched.  

This part of the Florida coast is truly amazing.  It's beauty is matched only by its fury when a storm like this comes off the gulf of Mexico.  I saw more animals on this trip than any other we've taken.  Myriad birds and deer on the coastal dunes, mice that live in the pine forests, several species of crabs, fish, and shellfish, rays, dolphins (& maybe sharks) within yards of where we swam.  As beaches go, this is our new favorite.