My time in SoWal was great

[BeachBum79]

Hi,

I have been lurking on this board for a while now. After Dennis, my family wondered if we would be able to visit SoWal for the fourth year in a row. Although our vacation plans were minor compared to the damage to people's homes, we were so glad to find this site! It provided a lot of great info and convinced us not to cancel our plans. We stayed at Gulf Place in Santa Rosa the week of 7/23. I wanted to share a couple of my pics I took during my week there.

The first week of the trip we walked down to Ed Walline park for beach access and scampered up and down this hill of sand:

On Wednesday, one of the beach walkovers for Gulf Place was repaired:

There were plenty of other "creative" ways to access the beach:

The sunrise was beautiful on Tuesday:

Some houses were still borded up:

Some had sand hills in front of them:

Some were falling over the edge:

The outside 2-story porch wall on the house on the far right fell off about mid-week. I think it was from the large trucks full of sand rumbling by:

The water was clear and green by Wednesday:

Such clear water that we snorkled for all these shells:

Can't wait for next year!!!

 

[pk305]

Thanks Beach Bum for the great report! Very encouraging for all of us!
I'd like to add that several of groups our friends (who do not normally vacation on 30-A) recently spent their family vacations along 30-A. All the groups have told us they now LOVE 30-A & that they can't wait to spend more time here!! I was so pleased that the beach situation resulting from Dennis did not bum them out at all nor did it keep them away!!

 

[seagrovelover]

So glad you had a good vacation Beach Bum....I guess it's true, even though the beaches aren't "perfect" it truly is always a PERFECT place to relax and enjoy a vacation!!!

 

[OnMackBayou]

What strikes me is how beautiful everything is, except for the things man has tried to do to make it better.

 

[Smiling JOe]

What strikes me is how beautiful everything is, except for the things man has tried to do to make it better.

AMEN! Truely beautiful. While I enjoy the emerald green waters, the water I see now is every bit as beautiful, perhaps more so.

 

[Ocean Lover]

Thanks for sharing your pictures! Can't wait to do a little snorkeling myself. I love looking for shells.

 

[BeachDreamer]

Great review BeachBum, thanks! I love the shells, can't wait to go snorkeling myself!

 

[Miss Kitty]

Many thanks BB....how far out did you find the beautiful shells? Reading your post was the next best thing to being there!

 

[Kurt]

 

[ktmeadows]

Hi,

I have been lurking on this board for a while now. After Dennis, my family wondered if we would be able to visit SoWal for the fourth year in a row. Although our vacation plans were minor compared to the damage to people's homes, we were so glad to find this site! It provided a lot of great info and convinced us not to cancel our plans. We stayed at Gulf Place in Santa Rosa the week of 7/23. I wanted to share a couple of my pics I took during my week there.

Wow...thanks for the great photos! And I'm jealous of those shells you found....awesome