Monday January 17, 2022 - Today we drove from Three Rivers State Park to Grayton Beach State Park, where we will be staying for the next 9 days. It was only an hour and 45 minute drive, so when we got there we had some time to explore. The campground has 59 sites, one loop is for larger RVs and the second loop for smaller ones. The campsites on the second loop are more private, with lots of vegetation separating them. Many of the sites at Grayton Beach back up to Western Lake, which is a dune lake. Dune lakes are only found in a few locations (Madagascar, New Zealand, Oregon and here in Walton County Florida). Dune lakes are lakes that share intermittent water exchange of salt water and fresh water. We decided to take a 7 mile round trip bike ride to the Publix, to pick up groceries. It was a nice ride, on the Timpoochee Trail, along Rt 30A. It goes over Western Lake, and through Water Color, and Seaside. There are lots of shops and restaurants in these cute little towns that we will have to check out later.
Tuesday January 18, 2022 - It was a bit chilly this morning so we didn't leave the RV until late morning. It was a nice sunny day, though so we headed over to the Grayton Beach access, what a beautiful beach, with the classic Walton County sugary white sand. Near the beach access is the Canopy walk that takes you through the dunes and under the trees. It was about a mile hike and it was about a mile walk from our campsite to the beach access. We decided in the afternoon to head the opposite way on the Timpoochee Trail(which is an 18 mile trail in total), to head toward Topsail State Park, that we had stayed at two years ago. We weren't able to get far, as a bridge is out between Grayton Beach and Topsail, so we'll have to wait to see that part of 30A in March when we're back in the area. We decided to head back to Seaside for an ice cream at The Candy Bar. Before dinner we tried a little fishing from the shore, and came up empty handed.
Wednesday January 19, 2022 - We were hoping to rent kayaks from the Ranger station, but they said they only rent kayaks in the summer! So instead we packed a lunch, to eat on the beach, and brought our fishing poles, to see if we could fish from the boat launch, but after lunch we decided it was too windy for fishing and took a bike ride to the grocery store instead.
