Mushrooms in Florida...Yipee....didnt eat these!Aren't they just Divine.
through the woods...some water
A freshwater lake..
Past the water...Dunes
white sand...
Why is the Sand White along the Beaches in Destin Florida?
The sand here on the Emerald Coast is among the whitest, cleanest and softest in the world. What you might not know, is that when you walk on the beaches here, you are actually walking on the mountains - the Appalachian Mountains, that is.
The sand on the Emerald Coast beaches is comprised mainly of quartz washed down from the mountains by the Apalachicola River, 130 miles east of Ft. Walton Beach. It is this quartz, ground to a perfect oval in each grain of sand, that makes the beach "squeak" when you walk on it.
Normally, such quartz has a rosy pink tint because of it's iron oxide coating, but the sugary-white quartz of the Emerald Coast lost it's coating somewhere along it's watery journey thousands of years ago. No one knows exactly how or why.
So there ya go...I am hiking on the Appalachian Mountains...tee hee..
oh...look over the dunes...lets go there!
So Far in this part of the panhandle I am not finding shells, at least whole ones...
Just bits and pieces...
I did find an old Indian Bead...ha...that is my story and I am sticking to it...
I will take a photo of the bead...and post it later.
Oh ....Whats this hiding in the sand?
A sweet little Snowy Plover
andThis Great Blue Heron was not so shy
Well...That's all for now....Tomorrow we move Homey to Grayton Beach State Park.
Goodbye for now from my Hiking Boots..
See ya....
I have just encountered your blog (from Mel's blogroll) and enjoyed reading it very much. Especially about mushrooms ) What kind of fungi are these I wonder. I've found them several times too but not sure if they're edible.
ReplyDeleteI love the writing you did in the sand. Oh how much I miss the feeling of my feet on the sand.
ReplyDeleteAwesome picture of the heron!!
Fun hike in the sand. Loved the sandwriting and the birdie pictures.
ReplyDeleteNice post Dawn! I enjoyed the lesson about sand and your sand art was just awesome!
ReplyDeleteCraig
What a nice post! There are beautiful things to be seen here in Florida. Your sand writing lends smiles to your story.
ReplyDeleteok now I'm really jealous..such lovely weather, white sand, blue blue water and birds!! sounds like heaven to me! glad u r finding warmer temps and u can put away your cold gear!!
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ReplyDeleteCynthia
Love the designs in the sand in your pictures. It must be nice having such lovely weather..
ReplyDeleteThat's my favored temperature range too. Fortunately, those are our typical summer temps.
ReplyDeleteThose mushrooms look like fresh baked buns.
Cool pictures Dawn--I loved that little Snowy Plover!
ReplyDeleteOhhhhh look at that snowy plover he is such a cutie.!
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