First beautiful memories

[KISH7374]

My best memory comes from our first visit 10 years ago. It was my first walk on the beach and I encountered a Turtle Watch volunteer. We talked and he told me of a nest ready to hatch soon. That night my wife and kids and I found that nest and watched the baby turtles run to the sea. I have checked since then all of the turtle nests during my walks but never have found one ready to hatch. I will cherish this memory for the rest of my life.

 

[BeachbumAggie]

My first SoWal trip was just a day trip, on a rainy day, from Destin, we'd seen a 30A booklet and since we couldn't hit the beach, we decided to drive down 30A. We came to Seaside, when the little town square still had the cute little buildings and not the big condo buildings and just thought it was wonderful and charming. The next year we booked at Seagrove and have been coming back to Seagrove ever since.

Special memories: champagne sunsets, finding those few and far between shells, my first trip to Grayton Beach, watching a storm roll in across the gulf, introducing family and friends to 30A, fabulous food, and so much more!

 

[North Lake]

Like Lake View Too, I have too many memories to begin to list. I remember my aunt's house at Grayton, and swimming with her in the pass (now called the outfall - boo hiss) and later, when I was older, the gulf. My social life revolved around work, as that was the only way I got to see people. I remember standing on a box to run the cash register at my parents' store. Later, working at the Grayton Store and finally the Seagrove Village Market. I remember countless teenage days - and nights - on the beach. And I remember never being afraid of being between waist-and-chest deep in the Gulf.

I refuse to believe it's all over.

It ain't over till it's over SN. I'm sure you also remember going to the beach as a kid with a bottle of baby oil to get the tar balls off your feet...I do. Hopefully we won't have more than that now. The beach has a way of taking care of herself, despite what we do.

 

[Lake View Too]

It ain't over till it's over SN. I'm sure you also remember going to the beach as a kid with a bottle of baby oil to get the tar balls off your feet...I do. Hopefully we won't have more than that now. The beach has a way of taking care of herself, despite what we do.

Yes, so right. Hopefully, our children and granchildren will have to ask us "what is a tarball?" or "what is off-shore-drilling?" and we'll be able to say I don't remember...