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What is it about SoWal that makes it so special?
- Thread starter MKH
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Miss Kitty
Meow
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GoodWitch58
Beach Fanatic
...for us locals, just maybe not at Spring Break! Next year, I am heading for the hills....
seacrestkristi
Beach Fanatic
I 
Seacrest, and Mother Nature at its finest all around Sowal!!! The water just kinda washes away little worries and reconnects spirits. 
There's also a feeling of true passion, that people really do care deeply about protecting the environment they love so dearly there. Clean, uncluttered beaches, and trails. We, Sowal lovers &/or homeowners, are not afraid and will speak up to trashers too!
Hopefully the construction of massive condos and inns will slow down. Personally, it takes away a lot from the Mayberry feel. I wish the dunes and bluffs were more protected from big construction. Has anyone ever noticed how much trash can fly out of a back of a pick up truck? Is there a number to call to report litterbugs there?
Sorry 'bout the bum out folks. Just afraid at times that the other thang that makes Sowal so special, the small town feeling, is going to be destroyed by big, wealthy developers. Still get a when I remember seeing the giant steel girters being pounded in the big bluff, just feet from the edge, to form the underground parking garage in that new big condo in Seacrest. Hubby and I felt the ground shaking on the beach. Very sad feeling watching that piece of the bluff being destroyed.
Sowal rocks, and we all need to speak out to protect her!!! Thanks to all the folks who live there and attend the very important council & environmental meetings! You are protecting that 'special feeling' we all enjoy so much. Thank ya'll, and thank God for Sowal. 
Seacrest, and Mother Nature at its finest all around Sowal!!! The water just kinda washes away little worries and reconnects spirits. There's also a feeling of true passion, that people really do care deeply about protecting the environment they love so dearly there. Clean, uncluttered beaches, and trails. We, Sowal lovers &/or homeowners, are not afraid and will speak up to trashers too! Hopefully the construction of massive condos and inns will slow down. Personally, it takes away a lot from the Mayberry feel. I wish the dunes and bluffs were more protected from big construction. Has anyone ever noticed how much trash can fly out of a back of a pick up truck? Is there a number to call to report litterbugs there?
Sorry 'bout the bum out folks. Just afraid at times that the other thang that makes Sowal so special, the small town feeling, is going to be destroyed by big, wealthy developers. Still get a when I remember seeing the giant steel girters being pounded in the big bluff, just feet from the edge, to form the underground parking garage in that new big condo in Seacrest. Hubby and I felt the ground shaking on the beach. Very sad feeling watching that piece of the bluff being destroyed.Sowal rocks, and we all need to speak out to protect her!!!
Thanks to all the folks who live there and attend the very important council & environmental meetings! You are protecting that 'special feeling' we all enjoy so much. Thank ya'll, and thank God for Sowal. 
Mango
SoWal Insider
You are a wicked gull and funny as all get-out. And you better believe I count myself lucky that you count me as a friend...I wouldn't want to be on bad side of your fence!!
I do not have a fence, but a moat and drawbridge instead. 
30A Skunkape
Skunky
The green scrub pines framed by blue sky...
It's the ocean, the dune lakes, state parks,clouds, birds,sunsets,the quiet loveliness of the area and for me the different types of trees and hills. You don't find that in other areas of Florida, well not even in other areas of the country. My husband and I are feel so thankful that we have found this area and that we are able to spend the entire winter here. We hate going back to Chicago in the spring and having to go back to reality! I didn't know it before the growth, so to me it still feels like a calm, quaint, charming little area. I guess it depends where you come from. This site brings me back to SoWal whenever I want and need to be back---and that's almost every day! SoWal just feels like home.
Jdarg
SoWal Expert
...for us locals, just maybe not at Spring Break! Next year, I am heading for the hills....
No kidding! Can we start a carvan?
well, if we can just remember to stay away from 30A - especially seaside and seagrove, all of Destin, and publix during spring break, we'll be a-okay...
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Bob
SoWal Insider
The water....the knucklehead to good folks ratio is within specs....the brilliant white sand.....the sound of the wind rushing through the needles in the pine trees.....being part of the South......watching the sun rise and set over the water.....meeting fellow dog owners on the beach......visiting one of a kind shops/restaurants.........enjoying the company of people from other venues.....Western Lake viewed from old Grayton......the 4th of July parade in Grayton........the "marching elephants"........the lack of high rises and abundance of state forest......discovering hidden places to find solitude on each visit......