After spending our first night at Manatee Springs State Park, we arrived on July 1st at Port St Joe FL and stayed at St Joseph Peninsula State Park .   As you can see from the pictures, even in the middle of summer, the beach is not at all crowded.    It doesn’t look like it, but there were strong winds while we were there, so they had red warning flags flying during our stay.  Beautiful beach and gorgeous sunsets!  Who could ask for anything more!

House has been sold.  Bill is retired.  We are finally on our way!!  As we drove out of town there was a feeling of excitement and also a strong feeling of…..is this REALLY FINALLY happening???!!!  After months of planning, preparation and hard work, our dream was finally being realized.  WOW!