This is my first blog post ever, so please be easy. Anyway, this blog is about Honeymoon Island Beach & State Park. The question is….. Is Honeymoon Island one of America’s best beaches? There is just so much to do there that I consider it one of the best. I am no Dr. Beach but I was born in Costa Rica which is known to have some of the best beaches in the world, so I know a nice beach when I see one. Caladesi Island has been voted one of the best more than once and in 2008 it was voted the #1 beach in America. In those same polls I noticed some other familiar beaches but have never seen Honeymoon Island on the list. Is it because it is considered a part of Caladesi? I think not. The water is just as clear and you don’t need a boat or a ferry to get to it like caladesi does. Don’t get me wrong, I am not bashing Caladesi Island, I just want Honeymoon to get its recognition.
I am a begginer surfer and living on the west coast of Florida is no fun for long board surfing or is it? Ok, so we don’t get 6 ft waves unless a hurricane is in the Gulf (Lets hope they don’t come this year because of the oil spill, but that will be another blog). Anyway, we actually get some fun small waves in the summer. In the winter the cold fronts make waves a little bigger. Either way, the waves that form on Honeymoons’ Main Beach are extremely long and fun to surf. Besides the fun waves, we have a paradise of trails for bird watchers. I was walking through one on the trails with my girlfriend Krystin and we saw a huge Osprey carrying a fish in its tallons,it was amazing. Then we saw another one perched on a high branch which made me wish I had brought my DSLR camera with a long lens instead of my girlfriends point and shoot. Either way, I think it should get more national recognition than it does. I put together a little video to show some of the activities (I was not able to go on the trail that day since they were having a prescribed burn.)Check it out and let me know what you think.
