Wish the Whole Park Was Open

Yesterday we moved west to Big Lagoon State Park tucked in on the north shore of the Intracoastal Waterway just southwest of Pensacola. We have a nice spot with internet and TV. This was a substitute for Falling Waters State Park where I had a reservation. They are rebuilding a road and closed the campground.

I was glad to find another state park and happy to find a nice, though sandy, trail.

Of course Matey and I went exploring. We followed this boardwalk…

and found the sandy trail and Long Pond.

We did not find Big Lagoon because the boardwalk was blocked on the south shore of Long Pond. The entire southern half of the park is still closed due to damage from Hurricane Sally, a category 2 storm that made landfall a few miles west of here in September of 2020. We are only staying two nights so we have enough to explore, but it’s too bad the rest of the park is still closed.