White Sand of Mexico Beach 12/2/21

Darla wanted to go back to Mexico Beach today. Our last day on the forgotten coast of Florida. Darla just couldn’t get enough of the white sand. Turns out the white sand is special. Most sand has 20 different materials. The white sand is only one material — quartz. The Apalachacola River picks up the quartz in the Appalachian mountains and deposits it on the beach 800 miles away. Apparently each grain of the white sand is exactly the same size. Because the area lacks silt bearing rivers the sand remains pure. The pictures don’t really show how white it is and the texture is a little different, like sugar.

All the houses are new except one. I think the big house down the beach survived the hurricane.