plantation review

Just part of living here is going to the coast on a regular basis.  We took this little outing around the first week in November.  My husband has a 91 Corvette convertible , so we put the top down and took the slow scenic route down to St. George Island.  I love going down through Monticello, Florida, then cut off onto county roads.  It was a gorgeous fall day and this route is so peaceful.  As they say, "It is not the destination so much as the journey".  The picture insert is of a sunset I caught just at the right moment out over the water.   I was practicing with the camera and took a ton of beach pictures.  The beach was rather quiet for a Saturday, just the way I enjoy it.  I am not a crowd person, for me, pleasant, is low noise and activity areas.  This particular Saturday was a week after the St. Marks invitation to view the Monarch butterfly annual migration to Mexico.  They blanket the area about this time every year as they make their journey south.  St. Marks seems to be in the path of those that travel south and then westward, via the coastal area into Mexico. Link to more information on the Monarch migration Monarch Migration information. We would see a few of those that were among the last to leave the area.  Maybe they were enjoying the local hospitality :>)

After sundown, we went on into Apalachicola to eat some seafood… of course.  We were told by some locals about a place called Papa Joe’s .  We just had to have some oysters.  This is a real treat for us anymore, as both of us are very reluctant to eat oysters unless it is in their season and cold enough.  But this has been a tradition in my family for years. We only want the local oysters, or at least, Gulf Coast oysters.   Then we had light-batter fried seafood … it was very good!  I can remember every Christmas was a gathering of the cousins, aunts and uncles at my grandparents’ with a bushel croaker sack of oysters to be shucked and eaten, with soda crackers, hot sauce and maybe a little horseradish.

So we then headed back to Thomasville, with full tummies and fond memories of another wonderful day spent in a wonderful place to be.  Link to my Webshots more of my photos of the day trip.