Fort Pickens

This morning, a bunch of us ventured out to the tip of the island. Or, what used to be the tip of the island, anyway. The Fort used to sit right on the edge of the land, but over the years the sand has built up and moved the western end of the island a little farther, well, west. Fort Pickens was originally built in 1834, and was used through World War II to guard the Pensacola base and environs. During the Civil War, the Union Army was at Fort Pickens, and the Confederates were at Fort McRee across the Sound, but the land where McRee was has since eroded away.