Sept 30,2015-Wednesday

Another hot,humid day. The heat wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the humidity. We heard about another beach nearby called Opal Beach. It's between Navarre (which is where we are) and Pensicola. It is another beautiful white sugar sand & Aqua water. It is not a highly occupied beach because it is located in a national park and there is a fee to use it. We have a senior pass for all national parks, so we don't have to pay. The best thing is that the parking lot is just a short distance from the shore line, so it is not a very hard walk in the sand. There were only a few other people on the beach. We thought this is great! The water was refreshing. We set up our chairs and umbrella  and were relaxing when I noticed something move in the sand. Then a few more "things" moved in the sand! Well low and behold they wrere tiny creatures called sand moles. They look like the sand crab we saw the other day, but very small, about maybe 2 inches. They had tiny bulging eyes and kinda skitted on the sand sideways Ike a spider. If you got anywhere close to them (like Richard tried to do) they would what I would call "fly jumped" into a hole in the sand. Richard thought they were cute, but I thought they were creepy I don't like any kind of critters!  They were so fast he couldn't get a picture of them. I could not relax. Thank goodness a short time after we were there the sky really got dark so we loaded up our gear and left just in time because it started pouring. We found out later that those little critters are harmless and are afraid of people. They sense vibration on the sand when someone gets near & go into the holes in the sand for protection. They say they usually are not out in the daytime, but come out in the evening when the beach is empty. I DONT LIKE THEM!!! Needless to say, as pretty as the beach was,I told Richard I don't want to go back there.