Friday, March 9, 2018

On towards St. Joseph Peninsula SP

Thursday, March 8

When we left Manatee Springs SP, we thought we would look for another Rails-to-Trails biking trail since we have had such good luck and a wonderful time biking these trails.  Well, we found one about two thirds of the way to our next stop of St. Joseph Peninsula SP.  This trail was called the Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad Trail.  Back in the day, the train hauled freight from Tallahassee, but primarily cotton, from the markets in Tallahassee down to the bay town of St. Marks to be shipped to the appropriate mills.  This was also the first paved Rails-to-Trails trail in Florida.  We started at the Wakulla Station trail head that was about seven miles from St. Marks.  The change in elevation was probably less than two feet in that seven mile stretch.  As you can see by how Bonnie is dressed, it was quite chilly.







We arrived in St. Marks conveniently at lunch time, so we went to a small seaside grill for lunch which included an oyster Po Boy and fries.




Not a bad view for lunch!



After lunch, we rode back to the Wakulla Station, loaded our bikes and continued on to St. Joseph Peninsula SP, checked in, found our campsite, and enjoyed a few peanut M&M's!  We will be here a few more nights, biking, walking on the beach and exploring.  We have the Gulf of Mexico on one side and St. Joseph Bay on the other.  Gulf view



St. Joseph Bay view (taken through a UV filter)






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