There are a lot of places to explore inside Honeymoon Island State Park. But now it’s a little more challenging to get to some spots. Paul Paxon and his wife Denise brought their kayaks here to see the changes.
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@jonmacdonald53452 ай бұрын
Divorce island now!
@roythousand132 ай бұрын
😂
@justjokinntokin54742 ай бұрын
☑️
@louisleprince55732 ай бұрын
!
@ManA-Level2 ай бұрын
I thought the same thing.... 👏👏👏💔
@soggyfroggy222 ай бұрын
You literally typed what I was thinking.
@MelanesianRyce-zu2wm2 ай бұрын
Guess the honeymoon's over..
@CrazyWorld892342 ай бұрын
lol
@blueskysailing2 ай бұрын
Yep... 😕
@Mysticgamer2 ай бұрын
I specifically clicked on the thumbnail to see if anyone would make that joke😂
@dr.kennethnoisewater262 ай бұрын
You beat me to it
@jdos56432 ай бұрын
What exactly is a honeymoon?
@danlowe86842 ай бұрын
Honeymoon Island is a state beach park located in Dunedin, Pinellas County on the southwest coast of Florida. It is the highest attended beach state park in Florida. A portion of the island was artificially constructed with material mined from offshore in the 1960's, and the park has had a chronic erosion problem along the gulf coast shoreline ever since. In 1989, the Park Service placed 230,000 cy of sand along the beach front to restore the beach and protect the parking facilities, but the sand washed away in less than 2 years.
@ojaftertoothpaste71742 ай бұрын
Thanks for the backstory
@mollylittlewolf91922 ай бұрын
Thank you. That explains it.
@Unfluencer2 ай бұрын
thanks for providing the story that the news channel failed miserably at.
@atatterson69922 ай бұрын
And the woman interviewed acts like climate change is at fault... it never ends
@guybeingaguy2 ай бұрын
@@atatterson6992 She literally wants to fight Mother Nature
@davemanone36612 ай бұрын
Let nature do it's thing and leave it alone, just enjoy it!
@bobwoods13022 ай бұрын
"Let nature do it's thing"? We are incapable of that. We love oil and garbage too much
@davidcarmack50742 ай бұрын
One island for the bride, one island for the groom, sounds like a perfect honeymoon.
@grancitodos73182 ай бұрын
Was that a 50/50 split?
@user-dw1ls3rp1l2 ай бұрын
Even nature loves metaphors.
@noodengr3three8252 ай бұрын
Sand barrier islands have always shifted and always will. We adapt .
@sentientflower78912 ай бұрын
Islands shift, roads and property do not. Florida is going to lose at least $100 billion in property in the next decade.
@thievingpanda2 ай бұрын
@@sentientflower7891 bahaha according to Al Gore my house was supposed to be underwater by 2015. Guess what? It couldn't be drier!
@sentientflower78912 ай бұрын
@@thievingpanda Al Gore visited your house?
@thievingpanda2 ай бұрын
@@sentientflower7891 You know it!
@sentientflower78912 ай бұрын
@@thievingpanda did you ask Rush Limbaugh about cigars causing cancer? He denied it until he died by it.
@dank22652 ай бұрын
I lived in Florida for 10 years and it always amazed me at how many people dont understand that the state is like 50% sandbar, and sandbars wash away , so lets pay a premium to live on one.
@jonathantan2469Ай бұрын
Like in South Beach Miami... Building concrete highrise condos on a giant sandy barrier island that naturally shifts over time...
@bobloblaw96792 ай бұрын
...and both islands used to be connected to another island before a storm in the '30s separated them. things change.
@mechellerene2 ай бұрын
1921 Hurricane created Hurricane Pass that split Hog Island in two - renamed Honeymoon & Caladesi Islands
@size-matters2 ай бұрын
Nature has changed those islands for eternity. Why would you want to fix it when it’s not broken?
@Hayyyward2 ай бұрын
Exactly. It's not "damage". Too many people feel they have to control everything instead of just letting nature be.
@mechellerene2 ай бұрын
Agree
@mechellerene2 ай бұрын
@@Hayyyward 100%
@timg29732 ай бұрын
she must work for the government.
@kbrown52182 ай бұрын
Heck that might be a new great fishing spot😊
@mechellerene2 ай бұрын
Heading out on our boat to see this tomorrow. We've been watching how the island has been changing since Idalia & Nicole. Very cool. Nature is BOSS.
@atatterson69922 ай бұрын
And the lady interviewed acts like humans did it... amazing
@jonathanshumpert95492 ай бұрын
@@atatterson6992 I thought the same thing. Nature creates and destroys barrier islands. Thats how they form and that is how they end. That lady seems to think we should try to stop natural erosion from happening.
@bbrcummins19842 ай бұрын
This island was absolutely beautiful 60 years ago
@marilynwaaldijk_howell13202 ай бұрын
Like I was saying ,..."A WARNING FROM MOTHER NATURE",.!!!!!‼️ ..🤔🥺😲😳😢🙏👮💯🎀.
@aerialcombat2 ай бұрын
how was it different?
@mechellerene2 ай бұрын
It still is. Absolutely gorgeous.
@brianjacobs31022 ай бұрын
Yeah, wasn't everything better 60 years ago.
@davidthaler70182 ай бұрын
So one is called Honey island and the other is Moon Island?
@amarsinghhembram43792 ай бұрын
One is honeymoon, the other is island.
@00bankz242 ай бұрын
Now it is 😂
@jonathantan2469Ай бұрын
Pants optional on Moon Island. 🌜 😏
@annietang37802 ай бұрын
We are not the center of the world: Respect the force of nature. Let nature be, nothing to be repaired.
@mechellerene2 ай бұрын
👏👏👏👏
@sailcatthecat9722 ай бұрын
Lunatic fringy thinks you can stop mother nature and the sea.
@Floridagulfcoast7272 ай бұрын
Spot on
@ericargento44292 ай бұрын
No need for name calling , do you really feel better , calmer and happier by negative feelings and comments toward others ?
@sailcatthecat9722 ай бұрын
@@ericargento4429 if the shoe fits...
@petermoss48242 ай бұрын
Yeah, I want to see Dunedin try to fix this one. They have tried before
@t-dog85282 ай бұрын
@@ericargento4429seriously? Watch that next high tide kazza
@brisvegas8592 ай бұрын
Water knows no boundaries.
@dr.winstonsmith2 ай бұрын
Prophetic for couples
@MrGriff3052 ай бұрын
Even as a Floridian, I had no idea that this was Florida because the "news" story didn't bother to say. She then said INTERcoastal. Can someone please verify that that's a thing and that it exists on the west coast of Florida?
@BlueTigerRunning2 ай бұрын
Honeymoon island is located off the coast of Dunedin. Crazy it's been split in two now. I haven't been there in years.
@zafnor2 ай бұрын
Intercoastal is the waterway that exist between barrier islands and the main coast in the Tampa Bay area. Looking up the term I found it was called INTRAcoastal, but from living in the area I've heard it called INTERcoastal. The barrier islands extend from the Tampa Bay area south to the Everglades.
@AlphaMale_12 ай бұрын
Unwise people call it INTER coastal, but along the West Coast of Florida it's INTRACOASTAL. Sadly, she is wrong again, as the body of water to the east of Honeymoon Island is St Johns Sound..
@thomasmcneill30622 ай бұрын
It is actually St. Joeseph Sound
@GlassDolphin465Ай бұрын
@@BlueTigerRunningI was there probably like two years ago it never looked like that so ya.
@atatterson69922 ай бұрын
No Sweetheart, nature's gonna do whatever it wants... we have NO say in the matter.
@MrGriff3052 ай бұрын
So many fossil fuel bots want everyone to know this sea level rise is "nature"
@angelgarcia10252 ай бұрын
So effectively - they're "divorced " Island now.......
@davidhoffmann67712 ай бұрын
This has opened and closed in the past
@mechellerene2 ай бұрын
It will be interesting to watch over the coming months.
@gonefishing36442 ай бұрын
The ocean builds up or erodes sand bars and barrier islands during storms -- even those barrier islands with vegetation. Respect the power of Mother Nature and her oceans. Never build an ocean view home too close to the shore.
@lennyray422 ай бұрын
It’s just doing what it’s always done. That island was created the same way it’s being destroyed…
@mechellerene2 ай бұрын
Fact
@timbrown80382 ай бұрын
It's legally separated.
@thadcalvert74662 ай бұрын
I live in Dunedin, and this is a beautiful place to visit!
@piratepete8422 ай бұрын
Of interest..off shore of honey moon and caladesi is the site of a quarry utilized by prehistoric people for lithic manufacturing..known by some as caladesi chert it has black and blue hues..this material and items made from it have been recovered from coastal and upland sites..during the iceage and up to that time when rising sea levels inundated the site..it was one of several quarry locations used by group's in the bay area
@maxmotors94972 ай бұрын
You can’t stop Mother Nature.
@zoecunningham30192 ай бұрын
This occurrence is nature. Lands have altered since the beginning. A waste to spend any money in attempt to "fix" would be feeble effort
@Floridagulfcoast7272 ай бұрын
👏👏👏
@marcusthatsmeАй бұрын
My family used to walk Honeymoon Island most evenings when I was a kid, crazy to think it looks like that now.
@katjones27812 ай бұрын
You can't keep it from changing this is the planet Earth and things change everyday. I grew up on this beach and I'm 62 years old and I've seen it changed over the years and that's how it just is in Mother Nature . Climate change is another reason
@slickjohnc12 ай бұрын
This is exactly how Hurricane Pass was formed.
@mwmccann37342 ай бұрын
Is this like 18 years old? If I recall, the island was breached following hurricane Jeanne. Made a great fishing spot on the inside.
@odatopt2 ай бұрын
Yeah, that's right the island honeymoon is over, each took a half however, I have a feeling they may build a bridge to save the relationship.
@dr.baljitkaur39882 ай бұрын
Now the honey island has it's OWN moon
@cannonfodder48122 ай бұрын
Storm damage like this is quite common, the island is just a sand bar. It will eventually close up on its own. South padre island in texas gets cut up by hurricanes and the cuts fill themselves in pretty regularly.
@gimpygardner33772 ай бұрын
His and hers islands... The perfect marriage.
@ep22232 ай бұрын
Nothing like people who think they can defy mother nature. "Let"s do something before we loose it!" Is that what ecology is all about? Save the world from people who want to save the world!!!!!
@robdemeer90082 ай бұрын
Exactly! People are always complaining that humans are changing the world and ruining it, then when nature changes the world, people want to try and stop nature, pick a side
@sentientflower78912 ай бұрын
Try reading books.
@ep22232 ай бұрын
@@sentientflower7891 Just because it's in a book doesn't make it fact based on long term world data.
@sentientflower78912 ай бұрын
@@ep2223 education works. Try it for once.
@ep22232 ай бұрын
@@sentientflower7891 I read more than you know. That's why I can critically think and choose for myself. Control and manipulation of our world is a result of mans pride. Look in the mirror before you judge.
@MLandPRO772 ай бұрын
Wow!
@adventurecoalition36902 ай бұрын
Nature is awesome
@loudfast12612 ай бұрын
Been watching this happen since last July,at first it was a channel at high tide about four feet wide. Started after the last hurricane came through. Posted about it on social media back then fwiw.
@TameraJacobs2 ай бұрын
So they need to change the name to the Honeymoon Islands. I suggest building a couple of ferry stations, which can take you back and forth at high tide.
@Joe_joe342 ай бұрын
Wow that's very cool, did you just think of that?
@Jen-rose762 ай бұрын
Soon Florida will be all under water!! Mother Nature is taking her Planet Back!! ❤
@aloha4ever12 ай бұрын
One of my favorite places to bring my dog.
@leftfinned2 ай бұрын
Hurricane Michael cut through the Cape San Blas state park. It’s filling in slowly but still unable to reopen the majority of the parks camping and hiking areas. It had an unexpected and huge benefit to local sea turtle population though. In the colder winters sea turtles who have gone into the shallow bay to eat get trapped by the shallow water getting too cold too quickly and there is only one way out which is to go completely around the tip of the cape… by the time they are “cold stunned” they simply can’t make the journey back to deeper warmer waters. When the cut was produced after the hurricane every winter following saw a deeply significant drop in number of sea turtles that became cold stunned as they were able to get themselves to safety through the newly formed cut in the cape. I wish people realized how many hundreds of sea turtles this has helped over the last 5 years and would work to keep it open for them. As soon as it fills in the state park and camping can reopen as soon as new road is done. A small bridge would allow the state to make their money, allow people to still experience the beautiful nature and camping opportunities, AND still allow sea turtles to help themselves to deeper warmer waters in the coldest times. When cold stun events happens prior to Michael - hundreds and occasionally thousands of sea turtles would require human intervention to be removed from the bay. They go in literal piles of turtles to be rehabilitated, or die. Sad. 😢
@heisrisen79612 ай бұрын
Looks like the honeymoon is over!!
@Pinkorchid722 ай бұрын
The honeymoon is over!
@viniciusbrand47422 ай бұрын
Here in Brazil we have Honey Island (Ilha do Mel) that was also divided in two!
@danielwaynemiller2 ай бұрын
Can't wait for the Divorce Court episode to drop
@greggreg22632 ай бұрын
Sera sera
@hayleysroom2 ай бұрын
Are those dolphins at 00:35? Such a scenic backdrop 😍
@dillinpicklesworth56982 ай бұрын
That gives me hope that California will do the same. 😁
@timjones81842 ай бұрын
Looks like a nice fishing spot. 😂
@dikoman5162 ай бұрын
To the white hat ledy: Mam, if you didn't know nature is always changing and there's nothing wrong with that, relax.
@MrOptimusheath2 ай бұрын
This is why I never got married 🤣
@dougmorgan35902 ай бұрын
Let Mother Nature do her thing, she knows what’s best for the environment
@xrayron12 ай бұрын
Absolutely no riptide would happen at that spot.
@MadScientyst2 ай бұрын
That Hurricane caused a 'divorce'...Honeymoon's OVER!! 🤣🤣🤣
@NUKEzx10r2 ай бұрын
Who knew the world could be a dangerous place?
@mikeyh02 ай бұрын
This affects me about as much a driver getting a speeding ticket in Paris.
@yourworldexplorer12 ай бұрын
That is great for the biodiversity of the estuaries. They need that clean, oxygenated ocean water to thrive.
@peterodz0072 ай бұрын
Sand banks.not so as an island.
@sueteran2 ай бұрын
C’est la vie!
@CEOkiller2 ай бұрын
The Honeymoon is over!
@jhariette2 ай бұрын
done and over!
@billmadison20322 ай бұрын
These are all barrier islands and are subject to the weather
@dennisenright93472 ай бұрын
Was there a pre-nup to determine who got what after the honeymoon was over?
@evonne3152 ай бұрын
You gotta let it change.
@user-em2nh2hh8mАй бұрын
Let nature do its thing
@arfriedman45772 ай бұрын
I dont know this place. Very interesting what happened.
@davidmurray61762 ай бұрын
I've been there dozens of times on boats. The tide is always changing it from day to day. Putting a time lapse camera would show just how much change occurs. Mother Nature knows what it's doing. Leave it be.
@MonicaFlorida2 ай бұрын
What is the kayaker wearing around his neck? Phone? Some tracking device?
@lokesh3031012 ай бұрын
Split in two Islands!
@cocolocoflow2 ай бұрын
Mother Nature wanted a split.
@romad3572 ай бұрын
Hopefully it is only a "trial (temporary) separation".
@robertgore89112 ай бұрын
It's a barrier island and they change constantly. Caladesi island on the north end of Clearwater Beach used to do the same thing.I know,I grew up there and fished that area constantly. Look out for rattlesnakes on caladesi Island as well,it's infested.
@sentientflower78912 ай бұрын
Clearwater Beach to Ft. DeSoto Park are all barrier islands and the beaches are all disappearing and soon those properties will be in the Gulf of Mexico.
@GlassDolphin465Ай бұрын
I’ve been there when the Honeymoon was still going. It’s sad they divorced.
@boosysurfs2bfree2 ай бұрын
She took half! Honeymoon is over.
@sarcasmunlimited15702 ай бұрын
Were the Honeymooners separated, one on each island?
@MoD8852 ай бұрын
Island for the Chest deep indeed relationship,,,
@treefarm32882 ай бұрын
Looks warm for Dunedin, South Island, NZ. Possibly another country?
@llofdarkwater91522 ай бұрын
Dunedin, Florida, U.S. Sister city to Dunedin, Scotland.
@qualicumwilson51682 ай бұрын
Maybe if you get rid of those groins and off shore wavebreakers the sand would continue along the coast and patch up the divorce in Honeymoon Island.
@lindaterrell55352 ай бұрын
Hurricane Pass is named for the storm that formed it.
@AllieThePrettyGator2 ай бұрын
Wdym stranded the nearest road access is on the far north and far south of the island respectivly
@nealaskme62722 ай бұрын
lol…….its the way of the island saying….get off of me, you’re done !!!
@Tewthpaste2 ай бұрын
*nothing last forever kids, nothing last forever.* 🤣
@dastrnad2 ай бұрын
Someone please enlighten me. Was that a beeper hanging from the cord around that man’s neck?
@pawwalton21572 ай бұрын
Even Honeymoon Island is separated.
@snowmiaow2 ай бұрын
Are the mangroves OK?
@vulcan28822 ай бұрын
I guess the Honeymoon is now over.
@RLB522 ай бұрын
Lots eagles there.
@ASoundBalance2 ай бұрын
His and hers
@Joe_joe342 ай бұрын
Lol very straight forward, how long have you been a subscriber?
@evilydal2 ай бұрын
No Man's an island: Hold my beer
@phillippitts62942 ай бұрын
Mother Nature is a harsh taskmaster
@wtywatoad2 ай бұрын
One of these days, Alice. One of these days!
@Nubenhoofer2 ай бұрын
I guarantee the women on The View try to use this to rant about the "Climate Crisis"
@austinhowells202 ай бұрын
The ocean did it
@vidalott2 ай бұрын
It’s only a public split. In reality, they are still very much together.
@AbsurdBear2 ай бұрын
0:35 Sh-sh-sh-SHARK!
@jimkhana0072 ай бұрын
Sounds about right… 🤷♂️
@roguephoenixАй бұрын
honeymoon is over. they've split. not sure if it's an amicable separation