My family and I just returned from Seagrove today after a wonderful week at the beach. I had to post my thoughts from the past week. . .
The beach was gorgeous! We were in Seagrove last year one week after a tropical storm, and the beaches were in bad shape. I was thrilled to see how different they looked this year. Beautiful white sand. The water was perfect - and clear and calm.
We saw dolphins five out of seven mornings. That always thrills me. But I have to ask - year after year, I always notice that the dolphins swim towards the East. I've never seen them traveling west. Is this just a coincidence, or is there reasoning behind it?
Yesterday morning - we had our biggest thrill yet. We saw a turtle! Got it on video as well as it stuck it's head up out of the water. I'm assuming it is not often that you get to witness that. He was in very shallow water.
And the SHELLS! This was our 6th visit to Sowal. And I love the area. But I've never found shells until this year (we were told it was due to the storm that hit down the coast last week). I found beautiful shells, which was a delight.
We discovered Yianni's Seagrove Grill (thanks to advice from this website) and the food there was wondeful. We'll definitely make it a regular stop.
We went to Dear Lake STate Park (another first). What a wonderful place to visit! The beach was deserted - it was like having our own private piece of the beach.
But finally, the only negative comment I have to post . . . I was so disappointed with the trash on the beach and around EAstern Lake. Cans and bottles and cigarette butts, a dog collar, chip bags, you name it - I saw it. It sickened me to see such a total disregard by individuals for nature.
But again - let me say what a wonderful area SoWal is. It is such a great place to vacation. I'm already counting down to next June! :clap_1:
The beach was gorgeous! We were in Seagrove last year one week after a tropical storm, and the beaches were in bad shape. I was thrilled to see how different they looked this year. Beautiful white sand. The water was perfect - and clear and calm.
We saw dolphins five out of seven mornings. That always thrills me. But I have to ask - year after year, I always notice that the dolphins swim towards the East. I've never seen them traveling west. Is this just a coincidence, or is there reasoning behind it?
Yesterday morning - we had our biggest thrill yet. We saw a turtle! Got it on video as well as it stuck it's head up out of the water. I'm assuming it is not often that you get to witness that. He was in very shallow water.
And the SHELLS! This was our 6th visit to Sowal. And I love the area. But I've never found shells until this year (we were told it was due to the storm that hit down the coast last week). I found beautiful shells, which was a delight.
We discovered Yianni's Seagrove Grill (thanks to advice from this website) and the food there was wondeful. We'll definitely make it a regular stop.
We went to Dear Lake STate Park (another first). What a wonderful place to visit! The beach was deserted - it was like having our own private piece of the beach.
But finally, the only negative comment I have to post . . . I was so disappointed with the trash on the beach and around EAstern Lake. Cans and bottles and cigarette butts, a dog collar, chip bags, you name it - I saw it. It sickened me to see such a total disregard by individuals for nature.
But again - let me say what a wonderful area SoWal is. It is such a great place to vacation. I'm already counting down to next June! :clap_1:
