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What would you do if you had 1 day in SoWal?

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croixbum said:
I know yall are going to think that my agenda seems boring but I am going to post it anyway, we are on 30A 2 or 3 weeks out of the year but here it is. Up at 5, make coffee, pack up fishing buggy, surf fish until about 10, go upstairs eat breakfast, back to fishing until 1, eat quick lunch, take short bike ride, go to Yellowfin to get bait, back to beach to fish until 5, quick shower, off to eat nice dinner, back to beach by 8, fish couple of hours. Believe it or not this is my dream day, of course I work in some time to walk to Eastern Lake Inlet with grandson. On occasion my day is ruined by having to make a quick shopping trip. :cool:
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:biggrin: the perfect man day in SoWal.
 
croixbum said:
I know yall are going to think that my agenda seems boring but I am going to post it anyway, we are on 30A 2 or 3 weeks out of the year but here it is. Up at 5, make coffee, pack up fishing buggy, surf fish until about 10, go upstairs eat breakfast, back to fishing until 1, eat quick lunch, take short bike ride, go to Yellowfin to get bait, back to beach to fish until 5, quick shower, off to eat nice dinner, back to beach by 8, fish couple of hours. Believe it or not this is my dream day, of course I work in some time to walk to Eastern Lake Inlet with grandson. On occasion my day is ruined by having to make a quick shopping trip. :cool:
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This is pretty close to my ideal dream day in SoWal -- get up at a leisurely hour, have a good cup of coffee or two, throw the rod, the sand flea catcher, a baggie of shrimp (in case the sand fleas aren't there), and a cooler in the john boat; putt putt down the lake to the outfall; lay out on the beach fishing all day; have a power lunch of a brewski or two; fish and lay on the beach some more - maybe taking a swim to cool off; putt putt back to the house; take a nice shower and slather on the Nivea; cook a nice dinner on the grill (hopefully the fish I've caught that day); take a leisurely bike ride up to Seaside for the concert in the amphitheater or at Amavida; ease back to the house and cue up a movie; go to bed; get up the next morning and repeat.

Do I really do this? -- No, I live here year round. Instead, I get up at the crack of dawn, get suited up and gulp down a cup of coffee; go to work; come home at sunset, or later if I have night meetings; check my e-mail, SoWal, Facebook, etc; eat dinner; fall asleep watching a movie; wake up and go to bed; get up the next morning and repeat -- interspersed by weekends of yard work, house repairs, and shopping for necessities.

Oh, one of these days! Either scenario, I love it -- I live in paradise.
 
I'm in the process of trying to convince good friends of ours to join us for 2 weeks in (our) heaven, a.k.a. Grayton Beach......I'm finding it sooooo difficult to explain the feeling of the area, and how just doing the simplest things there can seem so downright sublime. Like eating a croissant at Fabrice after a nice bike ride.....or having oatmeal for breakfast at Hibiscus....

Now that doesn't really sound like a big deal when you tell somebody about it, but, honestly, those few hours my husband and I get to spend, a couple times during the trip, are at the top of my list of moments that I savor and dream about all year after. It's just a croissant and a bike ride, or a bowl of oatmeal and some berries, but it's a tiny slice of heaven to us.

So I'm finding myself sending some hilight photos of past trips and just gushing about how great it is there, over and over, "it's really beautiful there....I know you'll love it... it's so cool and relaxing" blah blah blah....
but really the feeling we get there is just different than anywhere else. And it's not just because we're on "vacation" because we've been to a lot of places over the past 30 years or so and there is something extra special going on there. ♥

It's difficult to tell someone about how elegant and wonderful doing something that is so near insignificant -- until you've done something insignificant there, and then it morphs into a series of really great moments to savor.

I'm going to forward this thread to them, but until they've actually been, they won't really know......
 
I think the reason all this "doing what seems like nothing" feels so great in SoWal is that it has a gorgeous beach with a great sunset in a beautiful environment that's usually not crowded. Sure, parts of SoWal are built up, but a lot of it isn't. Another reason is that there are so many special little places to eat, many with their own specialties that become 'traditions'. A lot of what we've done when we're in SoWal have turned into family traditions. Anyone who has visited SoWal with our family very quickly falls into the same "porch, beach, pool, eat, nap, read" and maybe "bike" or "do puzzles" routine and they want for nothing else. It's just a great way to really connect with the people you're with.
 
Paula said:
I think the reason all this "doing what seems like nothing" feels so great in SoWal is that it has a gorgeous beach with a great sunset in a beautiful environment that's usually not crowded. Sure, parts of SoWal are built up, but a lot of it isn't. Another reason is that there are so many special little places to eat, many with their own specialties that become 'traditions'. A lot of what we've done when we're in SoWal have turned into family traditions. Anyone who has visited SoWal with our family very quickly falls into the same "porch, beach, pool, eat, nap, read" and maybe "bike" or "do puzzles" routine and they want for nothing else. It's just a great way to really connect with the people you're with.
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Paula, are you in the mental health field, by any chance? Because your posts are so relaxing to read, and to the point. I feel like each one is a mini-therapy session for me. :0) If you were an iPhone app, I'd download you. ♥
 
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nodilberthere said:
I'm in the process of trying to convince good friends of ours to join us for 2 weeks in (our) heaven, a.k.a. Grayton Beach......I'm finding it sooooo difficult to explain the feeling of the area, and how just doing the simplest things there can seem so downright sublime. Like eating a croissant at Fabrice after a nice bike ride.....or having oatmeal for breakfast at Hibiscus....

Now that doesn't really sound like a big deal when you tell somebody about it, but, honestly, those few hours my husband and I get to spend, a couple times during the trip, are at the top of my list of moments that I savor and dream about all year after. It's just a croissant and a bike ride, or a bowl of oatmeal and some berries, but it's a tiny slice of heaven to us.

So I'm finding myself sending some hilight photos of past trips and just gushing about how great it is there, over and over, "it's really beautiful there....I know you'll love it... it's so cool and relaxing" blah blah blah....
but really the feeling we get there is just different than anywhere else. And it's not just because we're on "vacation" because we've been to a lot of places over the past 30 years or so and there is something extra special going on there. ♥

It's difficult to tell someone about how elegant and wonderful doing something that is so near insignificant -- until you've done something insignificant there, and then it morphs into a series of really great moments to savor.

I'm going to forward this thread to them, but until they've actually been, they won't really know......
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Great post... you put into words what I've thought so many times... its hard to explain how cool the area is vs. south florida, or Hilton Head etc... but now we have a WalMart and Fudpuckers coming!!!! job creation?
 
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