Henderson Beach State Park is at a nice location, indeed! White sand beaches, not too busy at this time of the year - however, I wouldn't want to be there at peak season. This is a stretch of resort-free land about 1 mile long ( maybe less), but neighboured by resorts of any kind, amusement parks, shopping malls, factory outlrts, you name it. We have 3 nights there, then it's on the road again to Tallahassee via the coast. Some nice beaches here, overnight near Lanark village.
We now have to decide whether or not to go to South Florida. From what we have seen on the internet like Orlando (Disneyworld), Daytona Beach and worse South of there, the region would definitely not be what we like, overcrowded and absolutely touristy. Our decision is easy: we'll bypass South Florida and go across to somewhere near Jacksonville on the East Coast.
After another night near the highway on some actually quite nice RV park we stumble upon St. Simons Island. This is one of the most beautiful places I have seen on our trip so far, well manicured gardens and houses in an almost surreal environment of live oaks, again overgrown with Spanish moss. Most houses have huge sections, probably at least an acre (4000 m2) or so and are just beautiful. I could name a dozen houses at least where I would love to live! Small problem here: it becomes apparent very quickly that this is an island of the wealthy, sometimes maybe the filthy wealthy. Sooooo, maybe a little early to order the moving van :-).
There is no campground on the island (surprise!), this means we have to go next door to Jekyll Island. Not as posh as St. Simons but still nice. We are lucky and get a spot on the campground despite it being fully booked out officially, so that's where we will stay for the next 5 days.
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