Topsail Hills Preserve State Park, FL

4 of 13 Jekyll Island Trip Series.

Wow, what a campground… The fanciest, most resort’ish campground we have seen.

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Our campsite at Topsail. Sites are highly landscaped and semi-private from adjacent sites. Short walk to the bath house. There is also a shuttle to the beach for people like us with no bicycles.
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Favorite pic of a Brown Pelican. These are big, majestic birds. The were floating in “squadrons” along the beach; just using the heavy winds to move them along. More pics below. They were fun to photograph…
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The beach at Topsail with “double red-flag” blowing. That means don’t get in the water. Dunes are roped off to preserve turtle and bird nesting areas. The waves were coming all the way up the beach occasionally. I was looking up shooting pictures of pelicans flying over when a big wave filled my shoes with sandy water…
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The Dunes

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A Least Tern soaring overhead
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Ruddy Turnstone’s: so named because they turn over stones looking for yummy stuff

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