We watched those early in their training go up in prop airplanes in the morning and more advanced students go up in the jets during the afternoon. This is where all Naval and Marine aviators learn how to fly. The baby birds were replaced by bigger birds much bigger birds.įort Pickens is across the bay from the Pensacola Naval Air Station. While we saw osprey, bald eagles and herons this time, we didn't see any baby birds. The last time we camped at Fort Pickens was during the Spring and enjoyed seeing the many bird nests in the park and the osprey and herons feeding their young hatchlings. If you have the Senior Pass for federal parks, your admission to the National Seashore is waived plus the campground fee is cut in half. You have to pay admission to the National Seashore park before you can get to the campground. Road to the campground after a day of 20 mph windsįort Pickens Campground is inside the Gulf Islands National Seashore. Snow-white sand and clear blue water help us think that the Gulf of Mexico beaches along the Florida and Alabama coasts to be the best in America. Just as before, we found the beach road leading to the park to be magical in that our spirits were lifted by sight of the surf, dunes and sand on this beautiful beach. Vehicles leaving the beach area are not charged the toll. Speaking of the toll, it is only charged for the south-bound traffic. Highway 98/Gulf Breeze Parkway path to the park. While paying the toll, the attendant told us that we could have saved a bundle by picking the $1 toll bridge, which was down the road.Īrmed with that knowledge, we double-checked our GPS's route against Google Maps to make sure we took the U.S. Last year our GPS took us over a $12 toll bridge to get to the island. The question about the toll is how much you will pay. One of the facts you must deal with when heading to this park is that you will pay a toll to cross the bridge heading to the island. We returned to Fort Pickens for our second visit during October, 2014.
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