A “Secret” Beach

Warm, Sunny….. you know, the usual stuff.

Did some work around the trailer this morning, and after lunch we headed off following a tip Lyn got while she was at the craft group the other morning. There is a place known as alligator alley, and at the end of the road there was meant to be a beach.

We found a road, which had plenty of signs pointing out the pitfalls (and punishment) for feeding ‘gators, so we figured this was indeed alligator alley. We drove to the end of the road where there was a small car park and a wooden bridge over some dunes to the beach.

As we got onto the beach a number of things struck us, how deserted it was (considering the state of the other beaches in Spring Break), how clean it was, how soft and white the sand was and how many tractors there were!!! Evidently this area must have suffered from the BP oil spill as the tractors were accompanied by about 30 workers and some equipment. They had come from some way down the beach, and I guess there was still a clean up operation in progress down there.

Walking along the beach, you would not know there had been any oil, and there was an abundance of jelly fish, so some marine life was OK!

Back at the campsite, it was time for dinner and then off to the Friday night jam session and another good evening of music

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