Another chilly morning here in Florida.  I visited Battery Worth on my morning walk:

This morning’s haul:

We visited the Gulf Islands National Seashore at Fort Pickens:

We then visited the fort itself:

This tunnel system was interesting:

Powder magazine:

Battery Pensacola, an Endicott-Period fort, was built inside the older Fort Pickens:

This 10-inch smoothbore was sleeved with an 8-inch rifled bore:

Battery D of Fort Pickens was destroyed in a fire and explosion in 1899:

Fort Pickens is one end of the Florida National Scenic Trail, which terminates on the other end in the Everglades:

Battery Payne:

Battery Langdon:

We drove west to St. George Island on Florida’s Forgotten Coast.  See the trip map for today’s drive.