Anastasia State Park

After trying to get into Anastasia State Park all season, we finally saw some sites were available for this past weekend and decided to book right away.We arrived on Friday and were able to set up quickly. This was Ian's first time setting our tent up and I have to say I was quite impressed with his patience, it went smoothly! We took a walk to the beach before dinner and played in the water for a bit. It was nice to cool off for a bit because the weather was a little hotter than we expected it to be!

On Saturday we rented bicycles for a few hours. It was a fun way to be able to explore the whole park and see everything without having to walk the entire way. While we were trying to get Brayden into the bike seat we were unsure if he was going to have anything to do with it but once we started going he loved every second of it. He actually cried when we took him out of it. He was so comfortable on the end of our two hour ride he fell asleep. On our ride we rode through all the sites to check out which one we would like to stay at when we go again and made a few stops at the playground to play. There was also a surf competition going on at the beach so we stopped to check out the surfers.

We also met some nice camping neighbors while we were there. They had two girls, older than Brayden but he enjoyed playing with them and they enjoyed having a little guy around.

My parents also came up on Saturday night to stay. We showed them around the park some, had dinner and relaxed by the fire. The next morning we cooked breakfast, packed up and headed home. It's always nice to get away but always nicer to come home.


With the Florida heat fast approaching we think this may have been our last camping trip of the season. Although we are hoping to go camping for Brayden's birthday weekend in June. We just may need some fans!