Memorial Day at Caladesi Island

Even though the day started out cloudy, we risked the rain and headed out to Caladesi Island.  This is a state park located near Dunedin, Florida and has been voted the number one beach in America for two years (or so they tell me).  You have to take a ferry to get to the island and once there it is "natural Florida", complete with mangroves, gopher tortoises, scrubland, and rattlesnakes!  

The beach was beautiful, but crowded.  We had a great time sitting by the 

shore, people watching, and looking for seashells.  The rain never came and we were able to enjoy lots of sunshine!  We were going to hike on the nature trail, but the idea of rattlesnakes scared me away.