Navarre Beach Campground and RV Park

Just sort of ambled along on my way up Rt. 98 and dodged the crowds on "Front Beach Road" by taking "Middle Beach Road" to a point beyond the fishing pier I had visited numerous times.  Passed a number of RV parks on the way up and any number of them had signs for less than $500 a month but, they looked half empty (or half full) and more rustic certainly than Emerald Coast RV Park (and this park).

Navarre Beach Campgournd pier.

Shortly after arriving here at Navarre Beach Campground and after getting Tiger and Molly out and about in the RV (around 1:58 p.m.), I walked around the park to get oriented and, of course, headed for the fishing pier to see what might be expected.  During my walk around, I met Tom and his wife Mary from Columbus, Ohio (a couple of 80 year olds) as they were leaving the pool area and headed in the same direction as me so, we talked and made our way to the pier.  They were travelling in a class C motorhome with no towed vehicle so, they left to get some bait so Tom could fish off the pier.

I went back and rested a bit before heading back down to see if anything might be biting -- hopefully not one of the many stingrays I had seen on my initial trip to the pier.  One guy had been headed for the end of the pier as I left and seemed to have a couple poles and some bobbers and bait.  When I returned, Tom was in position and fishing the southeast corner of the pier with some dehyrated shrimp (recommended by the bait store he visited).  Tom confirmed that the other guy didn't catch anything and that he didn't think he knew how to fish saltwater.  Tom and I fished for awhile and he left before me with no luck either so, I offered to bring him and Mary some of my Spanish Mackerel for them to try.  I too had no luck and headed back to get some fish out of the freezer to take over to Tom and Mary's RV and they invited me to stay for a Yuengling or two.  They also invited me to dinner for the following night to share the Mackerel.  I left them before sunset and hoped to get over to Santa Rosa Island to see what they had to offer.

Sunset - Navarre Bch Campground

On the way out of the park, I sat at the traffic light and noticed my engine light was on in the Jeep and then started hearing some noises that made me think the Jeep was falling apart (bumping and thumping sounds).  So, I turned the Jeep around and headed back into the park rather than risking a breakdown on the way to Santa Rosa Island -- content with the idea of going back to the fishing pier for a few pics of the sunset.  When I got out of the Jeep, I noticed that the sounds I had heard were really from some base nearby -- testing ammunitions before they go overseas it turns out.

Small Beach here at the campground

Another guy that came to the fishing pier (David) was a camp worker and he told of some good sea trout fishing over near the end of the bridge to Santa Rosa Island and so I decided that would be my next stop to try -- tomorrow.