Destin is known as the Luckiest Fishing Village, a designation that Shawn Purvis came to believe first-hand while on vacation here. While out paddle boarding the crystal clear flats of Choctawhatchee Bay, Shawn spied a school of tailing Redfish. Fishing rod in hand he cast ahead of the school – so as not to spook…
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Florida State Parks – Camp Helen
I stood between Camp Helen State Park’s dune lake and the Gulf of Mexico, feeling the current push against my legs. Lake Powell’s bronze-colored water flowed past me, where it mixed with the salt water along the beach. Schools of minnows clung to the edge of the outfall, while larger fish swam in its fast-moving…
Florida State Parks – St. Andrews
Are you looking for wildlife? Fishing? Beach? History? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, St. Andrews State Park is for you! Though as of yet I’ve only visited the park once, I know I’ll visit many times in the future, for it’s impossible to take in all 1,260 acres in one day!…
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