Honeymoon Island

The wild beauty of Honeymoon Island in Dunedin, Florida, is what I imagine the state looked like before all the traffic, crowds of people, and concrete plazas. The photo above was taken while walking the Pelican Cove Trail. The photo below was taken on the Osprey Trail.

A blurb on the park map gives this brief history of how the island got its name: “The island received its name in 1939 when New York developer Clinton Washburn purchased the island and, together with LIFE magazine, held a contest for newly married couples. The winners of the contest would stay in thatched bungalows in sunny Florida for a two-week “honeymoon,” giving the island its name.”

Honeymoon