February 20, 2024
This is one of our last days off. We decided that we needed to play tourist today. Our first stop was the Nature Center. We strolled out on the boardwalk as far as we could. It is blocked off. In September 2022, Hurricane Ian struck and destroyed a lot of the boardwalk and other parts of the infrastructure here at the park. They are in the process of rebuilding but it will take time. The Nature Center is small but has a lot of great information. It was very neat to look at the various animals that they had on exhibit as well. After the Nature Center we ventured, via truck, down to Sandpiper Pond. It was a very short walk out to the observation deck. It was very cool to look out over the pond, then just above a sand dune you could see the ocean. Very nice view.
