Before we turned north to head home to the cold and gray end of winter in Indianapolis, Dennis and I left Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and pushed east to the panhandle of Florida. We chose a spot just east of Destin called Topsail Hill Preserve State Park. We wanted to see the ocean one more time - hopefully with the sun shining warm enough we could walk the beach. This state park also has several nature trails around three coastal dune lakes, giving us several options for getting in 10,000 steps or more. Neither of us had been to Destin Florida before. We had heard and read so much about the white sandy beaches and wanted to see how it compared to places like Gulf Shores, AL, Sanibel-Captiva, FL and Kiawah Island, SC.
This state park was surprisingly nice! The campsites were spacious enough, tucked in between trees and arranged in a way that didn't feel too close to the next site.
We loved the white sandy beach and the park's nature trails around the coastal dune lakes.
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| Interesting deer lichen |
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| Osprey eating lunch |
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| Osprey choosing carryout |
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| Lake Campbell |
The park also has cabins and cottages to rent. These might be fun alternatives to the Kiawah cottages we rent for the extended family vacation. We would have liked to have stayed longer but rain was coming in and we had to drive home.
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