Our last stop before a stay at Port St Joe is Ochlockonee (o-KLOK-nee) River State Park. We had stopped in here before on our way home to Port St Joe from Tallahassee when we had a Florida Parks pass and I didn’t expect much except a place to spend the night.
I was pleasantly surprised. It is lovely and very peaceful here. When I walked Matey in the morning it was so quiet that the sound of a little bird’s wings was startling.
There are several trails here and they are very well groomed.
As a bonus, they have white squirrels. These are not albinos (notice the dark eye) but a genetic variant that live in this area.
They also have one white deer. She really stands out. There are three deer in this photo, but you only notice her.
We saw her in the distance while driving on the “scenic drive”. We stopped in the road and she obliged by crossing not far in front of us. She’s obviously used to cars and people.
It would be restful to stay here longer, but today it’s on to Port St Joe.
On the Roam Again 
Very nice! In the picture of Matey on a “well groomed” trail, are the dead plant parts on the trail from some kind of grass along the trail, or needles from long-leaf pine?
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Those are pine needles. I do think it’s mostly long leaf here, though the needles on slash pine are almost as long.
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