Sunday, June 8, 2008

Smyrna Dunes State Park

Nearly every Sunday for the last three or four years, my husband and I have visited Smyrna Dunes State Park in New Smyrna Beach. We walk for a couple of hours through one of the most beautiful parks in the area. A one and a half mile boardwalk leads from the parking area around the north end of the peninsula. The park is bounded on the west by the intercoastal waterway, on the north by Ponce (de Leon) Inlet with its beautiful lighthouse, and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean. I never tire of walking the beaches and the boardwalk in this lovely park. Every week my walk is different because every day the ocean and the beach are different.

This is my church, the Cathedral of Nature, filled with beauty and blessing.


Smyrna Dunes State Park
From the Observation Tower, looking east


Smyrna Dunes State Park
From the Observation Tower, looking west


Smyrna Dunes State Park
Sailboats near the South Jetty


Smyrna Dunes State Park
Looking toward the beach from a dune walkover

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