On our third day we woke up and ate breakfast at our hotel and then grabbed a Lyft to Smather's Beach.
Look at that view!!!
But don't be fooled because this beach was stinky!
We were told after that the smell is due to the dead sea grass that sometimes gets stuck on the Atlantic side of the island which of course happened during our visiting month. It also makes the water not clear so that was a bummer as well. You can see below how brown it is unless you go way out to the sandbar area where it is once again clear and pretty.
Chris and Kayla braved the walk out to the sandbar stepping on the dead sea grass the whole way out. Brooklyn and I tried but I was going to have an anxiety attack because I do not like stepping on stuff that I can not see so we stayed back. Brooklyn really wanted to go out to the sandbar so I told her I would suck it up if she wanted to walk out there. Eventually Chris and Kayla came back and gave us piggyback rides all the way out. We were laughing hysterically all the way out and back. I will say once we were out there it was gorgeous! The view back to the shore was pretty but looking out to just the ocean while being so far out was so neat. Brooklyn had us cracking up while we were out there because she was freaking out half the time but the way she says things is just so funny and witty we couldn't stop laughing at her. She made sure that on the piggyback rides back in that her and Kayla were first because "the ones in the back always get picked off first"
As soon as we got back to shore we immediately gathered our stuff and left. I was sad that we didn't get to enjoy the clear water per usual but this was definitely one of my favorite memories of the trip because of all the laughing and how pretty it was once we were out on that sandbar.
Brooklyn being Brooklyn
Waiting for our Lyft back to the hotel, the humidity was so bad!
Back to the hotel meant back to the pool!
Somebody needed a mocktail and some free churros
Brooklyn and Chris love churros so looked forward to this daily!
We cleaned up and headed to Duval Street for dinner. We ate at Fogarty's and it was very good.
My mahi mahi tacos were excellent but Kayla's dinner was the best. She ordered the fresh fish of the day which was a fish we had never heard of. It was pecan crusted and tasted amazing, no picture of her meal though.
After dinner we took a ghost tour through the city. This was really fun just to hear about some of the history and see a lot without having to walk all over town. We all liked this tour.
We all had stickers from the ghost tour so I had the girls add their stickers to this sticker wall we walked by nightly.
It was almost a full moon this night and so pretty to be out walking on the island.
1 comment:
Sorry the beach wasn't as nice as the other side of the island but the view sure was beautiful! I love the architecture, the art, what a fun place to explore!
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