island camping

We snuck the kids out of school early on Friday,

drove over to the coast,

dropped the boat at Eldred's Marina,

and cruised to Cayo Costa Island to camp for the weekend.

 

It was a fun adventure, and we learned a few new things ;)

1. This family will not be tent camping this time of year in this state again.

2. All-natural bug spray cannot stand up to sand fleas.

3. A 1-mile hike from the boat dock to your campsite is not as awesome as it sounds.

4. Messed up weather makes for messed up fishing - as in, the fish aren't biting.

5. We had a blast. Adventures together as a family are always totally worth it!

just happy to drink some water, get the tent up, and relax in the shade on the first afternoon

sunrise hike back to our boat

 coffee first

  where Gunner hid from the water all day

 bait girl

 fishing cutie

fisher boy

Z pulling in his baby shark - the biggest catch of the day 

A trying to lure the dolphin closer with a tiny bait fish

 he was doing his own fishing

this fish didn't want to stick around for a picture

 S found a live starfish at the beach

if we aren't catching any fish, we'll just jump in the water and scare them all away!

a gorgeous day for beaching the boat and playing in the water

 s'mores and popcorn

nice 

games before bed

 

Cayo Costa Island - the end.