Walking Wakulla Beach Road

I reeeally love palms ... like the views in these photos. At 6pm on Saturday, I walked into the sun along the refuge road from the game check station on the Wakulla Beach Road.

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West Waters

The many creeks of the Apalachicola River along Highway 65 are a canoeing and kayaking paradise! I paddled yesterday along Graham Creek ... the tupelo and cyrpess are truely amazing.

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On my way back home, I stopped in the St. James area to photograph the Gulf shoreline.

Earrrrrly one morning

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Apalachee Bay

Early one morning last week, I paddled in a broad 3-mile loop out into the Apalachee Bay from Skipper Creek, south and east toward Piney Island, across the mouth of Purify Creek, and back to Skipper. While 'Oyster Bay' is farther to the east, this portion of the Gulf also has really fine oyster bars!

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New Smyrna Beach and Canaveral National Seashore

These photos were taken July 24 to 29 during a family reunion ...

My daily ritual at the beach begins with greeting the sun as it rises over the Atlantic.
The rhythm of the tides and the surf of a high energy beach are so different from the Gulf.
Each wave of each day made new patterns in the sands and shells along The National Seashore.
On long walks with camera, tripod and wide-brimmed straw hat, I found endless horizons of water, sand and sky.

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Mashes Sands Sunrise on July 13

Blue dawn sky
clouds rising

Gold green sand
plants growing

Near gulf shore
waves pleasing

Bright blue water
Mashes Sanding



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Mashes Sands Sunrise Black and White

Of the many photos taken on in early morning light on July 13 at Mashes Sands, I like these best converted to continuos tone black and white.

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