Grayton Beach State Park

It was 4th of July eve and Josh and I were stressed. Part of the appeal of this trip was being able to go wherever we wanted, whenever we wanted, and stay for however long we wanted. Because of this, we never book activities or campsites more than 1 day in advance. In fact, we book pretty much everything same-day, about an hour or two before we get there. What we gain in freedom, we lose in stability, and there we were, the night before the biggest summer holiday in the US, with nowhere to spend the night.
After calling around, Josh found a random state park along our route with 1 campsite available for a single night. Not wanting to risk having to sleep on the side of the road, we decided to take the spot. So began our stay at the most wonderful beach campground that has ever existed.
Grayton Beach State Park looks like this:

Literally paradise. After our first night, by some miracle, we were able to book two more nights. Great! We had a place to stay for the whole long weekend. 4th of July came and went (more on that tomorrow), and we decided to book another night. Then another. Then another. Altogether, we stayed 6 nights at this incredible park. We did have to change spots a couple times, but it wasn't that much of a hassle. The 6 days we spent there consisted of morning walks on the beach, afternoon snorkeling, dinner cookouts back at the campsite, evening beach lounging, and nighttime s'mores by the fire, peppered with trips to the neighboring town of Seaside for coffee and shopping.

Beach bummin'

I don't think we could have possibly had a better time here, and it has definitely been one of our favorite stops on the trip so far.

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