This Floridian island is a tropical paradise in the Gulf of Mexico. Sandy white beaches, golden shimmering sunsets, emerald green waters, and pink sunrises make these beaches the most beautiful in the U.S. The lush green vegetation is home to geckos and lizards of various colors, darting rapidly from fuchsia-flowered bushes behind sizzling rocks and Palmetto trees, like a miniature army of velociraptors.
White cotton cumulus clouds dot the azure blue sky. The intense sun casts my shadow on the bottom of the ocean; darting fish glitter like silver lightning through the crystal-clear waves.
Almost every day, the clouds discharge a quick rain shower, quenching temporarily the thirsty sand and the hot asphalt. Sand dunes absorb moisture and feed the many grasses that grow wild and prevent beach erosion.