The park is large with trails, including a long walk over this bridge to the beach (we did notice there is a golf cart tram for those who want to ride).
Munyon Island is part of the park along the Intracoastal Waterway, but the backwaters are very shallow.
On the west side of the island there are protected docks from ICW boat wakes. This is looking south towards the Blue Heron Bridge and Peanut Island:
Lunch on the beach:
We found a walkway that led to a couple of picnic pavilions. On the second picture the dark blob is a spider and web that I almost ran into.
The walkway was blocked off after about a quarter mile, so we turned around, but found out why when we started paddling again.
What a find washed up on the beach! It was a a scuba tank and it even still had air in it. Dave put it above the high tide line so nobody would hit it.
Our trips wouldn't be complete without finding a derelict vessel:
On the east side of the island we found several of these horseshoe crabs, which we normally only see on the west coast of Florida. Although this large one was dead, we also saw a couple of them mating in the water, which is a good sign.
We found some shade in the mangroves and it was a such a different view looking out from this island, with all its nature, towards the condos of Singer Island.
Munyon Island has lots of history and actually had a resort on it in the early 1900s. All we found that was left of it was a seawall and entrance column on the south side of the island.
Here is a link to an interesting article about the history:
It certainly was another '10' kayak excursion and we are making up for lost time from earlier this winter.
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