A Journey of 3000 Miles

  The Girl Child and I wrapped up our explorations on the northern Florida portion of the East Coast Greenway on Saturday, January 7th, with a 66 mile foray starting in St. Augustine and following the trail south along the barrier islands to Daytona Beach, where we ended with a 1 mile walk along their beautiful Esplanade, which is an official part of the Greenway.  To say this has been our favorite leg to date would be a vast understatement.   We enjoyed every minute of our time in sunny Florida, and very much look forward to returning to our journey there in the future! Our first stop of the day for a little exploration was the River to Sea Preserve in Palm Coast, a lovely bit of the Greenway trail running along the Route A1A Scenic and Historic Coastal Byway. We learned all about Coquina rock, which is a naturally formed concrete of shells incorporated into sandstone, which historically was mined for use in construction of forts, churches, housing, and other struct...

This is part 2 documenting our Northern Florida East Coast Greenway (and delightful side quests) that the Girl Child and I enjoyed from Wednesday, January 4 to Saturday January 7.  This batch of photos are from the stretch of trail starting with a 3 mile walking leg at Big Talbot Island, and taking us 76 miles down the coastal barrier islands all the way to St. Augustine. (Past not only gorgeous beaches, but also untold numbers of riduculously posh beachfront homes.  I did NOT photograph those, but ugh, we prefer the swamp, thank you very much! And we had some good discussions about what *we* would do with that kind of money rather than buying a multi-million dollar beach mansion.)    We ACTUALLY started this walk by taking a side trail to view Boneyard Beach on Big Talbot Island.  It is so-named for the quantity of dead trees that have been battered by storms and scattered about the beach like skeletons. Once we were walking on the actual Greenway, the Girl Chi...