Thursday

Let it snow!

We rode out to the island Thursday morning to see the beach restoration progress on Honeymoon Island. The piles of sand looked like snow drifts.

The new beach area is huge! Everything to the left of the clump of grass is new sand. The southern tip of the island is gone and has been piped here.

The slurry of sand and water gets dumped in the hollowed out pond. All of the above was under water before the project.

All of this sand is new.

These are the pipes that move the sand from the southern end of the island to the center beach, called Oasis.

All of this sand is new.

It’s an amazing operation.

We walked from BH #2 towards the project, then south on the beach as far as we go.

Dog beach is now considerably shorter than before the sand removal. It’s restored to the way it was before the sand drifted south. Hurricane Pass at the southern tip is now much wider. When the construction barriers have been removed and I can get closer, I’ll post photos.

Your intrepid chronicler near the southern terminus.

The beach south of the project could use some more sand as well, but at least there is a narrow strip.

This is North beach and marks the end of the project. It, too, could use more sand. It’s sort of like house painting: you paint one room and then all the others look bad and need painting.

We stopped to take a look inside at the new souvenir shop that has replaced the old Swim Assets shop. We’ll see if this business does any better. It’s not the best location. There’s nothing else around it, but it is located on the way off the island in case someone wants a souvenir of their visit. It makes more sense than buying a bathing suit on the way home.

We took Toby to Weaver Park and walked towards downtown, as far as the shade could take us.

Last night was night three—and the worst— of  getting Toby to sleep through the night in his crate. He was up at 10:30 and 2:30 for at least an hour both times crying and whining. It’s going to get better if we live through it.

Today’s bike route to Honeymoon Island 

Miles walked: 7.8

Miles biked: 12.13