Friday, August 03, 2018

Blue Lagoon State Park, Pensacola, Florida


Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson



Today Joe and I decided to go to this park since we heard it is so pretty. We drove to the park, which is about 10 south west of Pensacola to Big Lagoon State Park. This is a park that has 704 beautiful acres of tidal marshes and pine flats on an area that separates the mainland and the Gulf of Mexico. This land was first acquired in 1977.




This park has a 150 person amphitheater that can be rented, as well as it has a beautiful camping area, lovely picnic areas, kayaking, beaching and swimming, boating, and crabbing are all available at the park. There are five miles of hiking trails that are gorgeous with wooden boardwalks over the marshes and a great three story observation tower that over looks The Intracoastal Waterway and Perdido Key. We so loved walking on the boardwalks to see the views of the waterway. What an amazing view. The little fiddler crabs ran and hid in the sand as we approached. We saw lots of sea birds and enjoyed the magical music nature played for us as we strolled down the paths.



There is even a 2.5 mile bike ride along the park road and excellent bird watching for all you birding enthusiast. The migratory shore birds come here so you can see lots of species. The gopher tortoises makes their home here as well. There are three pavilions you can rent for special events. The largest seats 250 people and the other two pavilions seat 75 people.

We so enjoyed this gorgeous park. What a lovely place to look at the water and enjoy our time together.

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