Mexico Beach Shells

We're inching our way along the gulf coast moving ever so slow down into Florida. We walked the beaches at St. Andrews State Park yesterday before leaving for Mexico beach (no we are still in FA) and had the great pleasure to watch a pod of Dolphins just off shore.Blue loved our site in the park because there was lots of privacy and direct access to the bay. The campground was full of white tail deer that seem to be almost tame so he have several great shots. They also have nice hiking trails and an old Turpentine still to explore.

The weather the last two days has been very nice but the cold Canadian air that is hitting Minnesota today will drop down to the south tomorrow bring below 30 degree temps at night. So we'll enjoy today with a long walk along a great beach we found for shelling. The beach sits by the Naval base on Crooked Island. We were a little worried driving in with the many signs warning about military patrols with dogs but once we found the parking area we new it was OK to be on this beach. Gary is a great finder of shells with many intact large varieties. I lucked out with several tiny sand dollars that are still in one piece. I've never seen so many small dollars. I've also started collecting black shells to remember the oil spill that has reeked such havoc on the local economy during an already difficult time.