Rocky Bayou State Park

Anyone who knows Bubba and me knows that we are spontaneous, if anything.  (Right!)  On an impulse, we booked four nights at Rocky Bayou State Park located off Highway 20 in Niceville, FL.  We weren't expecting much since we had never heard of this park before.  We just saw it as an opportunity to get away from home for a few days.  We were really surprised.  This is a beautiful park with some of the most spacious camping sites we've had so far in our journeys. 

There are no sites on the water.  This was the view from our site.  

 The weather was cold and windy the whole time we were there so there was no sitting outside basking in the sun or grilling some of the food we carried.  We did hike a couple of their trails in the woods.  Someone told us that there were some Civil War artifacts off one of the trails and we tried our best to find them without success.  We walked and walked with some of it being uphill.  I was sure that we had gone at least a couple of miles.  Upon our return, I read a sign that said the trail was just one mile.  Oh well, maybe the uphill part made it feel like more.  It was fun anyway.

 Bubba is my fearless leader through the woods.  He is much better in the woods than in the city.

It was cold and windy, but it didn't take me long to get warmed up while we were walking.

And of course, we have to take a "selfie".

One day we went to the Eglin Air Force Armament Museum.  It, too, turned out to be a pleasant surprise.  It was free (always nice) and had all kinds of airplanes and helicopters set up outside.  As if that wasn't enough, there were two floors of displays inside including small weapons all the way up to big bombs and missiles.

We had some shopping time in nearby Destin and enjoyed some good meals out.  TV reception was pretty good so we had entertainment at night.  All in all, it was a good outing.  We will definitely return to this park soon.