Bahia Honda State Park

Since we only have two full day in the Keys, we are filling each one up as best we can.  After visiting The Turtle Hospital and driving over the 7 Mile Bridge, we stopped at Bahia Honda State Park.

Wow!  This place is spectacular!  The sand is pearly white, the water is shallow and the color is absolutely amazing.

Loggerhead Beach on the Atlantic 

This is one of those places that pictures cannot due justice.

One of the signs in the park indicated that several of the plants that grow here are native to islands off the coast and seeds were brought here, either by birds or by the wind.  One of those plants is the Sea Lavender, which grows along the shore and is considered endangered.  

We took a walk up to the Old Bahia Honda Bridge, which gave us great views of both sides of the park.

The Gulf waters

The Atlantic Ocean

It's easier if you read about the bridge, rather than me trying to tell you about it ;o)

This is the section we walked up from the beach.

The view is really breathtaking!

From here we drove to see the Key Deer.  I'll write about that next time.

Thanks for stopping by...

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