Leaving Sopchoppy, behind, we headed to the coastal road and wade our way westward. We stopped for lunch along the way at a little family run diner which operated in a buffet style. You pointed to the dishes you wanted and the cashier tallied at the end of the counter. For desert we went next door for an ice cream cone and chatted with the owner. He operated the ice cream shop during the winter and then went to pan gold in Colorado in the summer! What a life!
Continuing along the coast we arrived at our next home for a couple of nights, Topsail State Park. It was a lovely, well forested park with decent showers and a much needed laundry which we took advantage of!
The beach was about a mile away and a shuttle ran every half hour during the day. Instead we decided to explore the trails which led out of the campground into the forests along the shore.
Once down at the shore itself we were taken with how white and sugary the sand was! It really did look like snow from a distance?
The trails were not very well marked in places and a one point only my GPS told us we were getting lost! We back-tracked and finally found the trail we were supposed to be on and headed back to the campground.
In places the camp rangers had burned the underbrush leaving it looking black and a bit ugly, however this is a natural process and will actually make the area less prone to accidental fires which could prove very dangerous.
In the evening we strolled down to the beach to see the sunset. The shuttle had ended for the day. So the beach was nearly deserted. The white sand and green plants made a nice setting for the sunset. This place was certainly one of the nicest spots we had camped in during the trip to date!
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