Keep Off The Dunes

From the caption on that page:

Little Redfish Lake, just west of Gulf Trace, polluted by septic tank effluent
and drain field material - styrofoam that is scattered by each storm

Huge bags of the stuff are buried to create drain fields.

Now you know what kind of shades I wear. ;-)

From the caption on that page:



Huge bags of the stuff are buried to create drain fields.

Now you know what kind of shades I wear. ;-)

Good lord. That's nice.

Now you know what kind of shades I wear. ;-)

I was thinking, that's a good find!

Yes! Keep off the dunes or you may fun afoul of the "Dune Patrol" 😀

Tonight, CJ gave me permission to waste anyone wearing a white shirt and Kahki shorts at the Beach, esp if they are climbing in the dunes or walking in the areas which we once called dunes, even if it is for only the length of time to take three photos. Yee-haw! Look out White Shirts! You may get a tongue lashing!

Tonight, CJ gave me permission to waste anyone wearing a white shirt and Kahki shorts at the Beach, esp if they are climbing in the dunes or walking in the areas which we once called dunes, even if it is for only the length of time to take three photos. Yee-haw! Look out White Shirts! You may get a tongue lashing!

Oh Man! I am :rofl:MAO!!! Thought is was just me that thought whole matching costumes family photos are a bit much!

Oh Man! I am :rofl:MAO!!! Thought is was just me that thought whole matching costumes family photos are a bit much!

I was hoping I wasn't the only one who thought that.

Sitting on the beach last night, near the Dothan walkover, enjoying the magnificent breeze, I jumped up to tell two young boys - 4ish - to PLEASE not walk on the freshly made dunes - one young boys response - "Oh, we were just going to the bathroom!"

Nice going there Mom or Dad!!! I don't go to your hometown and do that!!!

Sitting on the beach last night, near the Dothan walkover, enjoying the magnificent breeze, I jumped up to tell two young boys - 4ish - to PLEASE not walk on the freshly made dunes - one young boys response - "Oh, we were just going to the bathroom!"

Nice going there Mom or Dad!!! I don't go to your hometown and do that!!!

You should have told them to use one of the septic tanks along the beach.

Tonight, CJ gave me permission to waste anyone wearing a white shirt and Kahki shorts at the Beach,

You get one shot for every pleat in the khakis... :laughing1

We should e-mail this thread to all the Realty companies and other news sources that promote the area with pictures of families or their office staffs professionally photographed on the dunes.

They need to NOT put these photos in their advertising books and brochures, as it encourages SOME visitors to do the same! :(

You should have told them to use one of the septic tanks along the beach.

:floor: :floor: :laughing1 :floor: :floor:

You get one shot for every pleat in the khakis... :laughing1

I am thinking about using grape juice in my water blaster machine gun. I'm sure it will look good on white shirts.

These guys had just finished up in the dunes. Stop the procreation of the White Shirted People.



More Dune Crashers.


They are headed to through the dunes, and the people in the back are posing in the dunes.









Not quite a dune crasher, but this is one of the Carter boys jeep, which is illegally hooking up to the PWC at Grayton Beach. Knowing this boy's history, this is not to bad.:blink:. Mark and Renee, if you are reading ...

For the love of God, what is going on down there? Those are very disturbing pix....is the one of the white shirts for real or did you edit something? I want to kick him in the behind and then jump up and down on his back, smushing everyone underneath and then put a tent on top of them! Thanks, I feel better now.

Reece, I don't think you would have asked the question if you did not care. I probably stepped on your toes a little too much and I am sorry for "flaming" you.

We need more confessions. Fess up people, I know you are out there. Just kidding. Anyone willing to say they unknowingly did damage in the past are the very ones who are helping educate others today. Thanks to all who share the knowledge.:lol:

OK, I'll fess up. When we were at Grayton a couple of months ago, before I joined this site, we left the Red Bar just before sunset. Then we went down the driveway behind it and traveled a very well-worn footpath between some fairly puny dunes (that are probably punier now after Dennis). Snapped some photos with our digital camera, many of them at the shoreline, but several of them about 5 to 10 feet in front of the dune area, on the beach side.

There may have been a sign at the top of the "path" to keep off the dunes, but honestly I thought that meant to stay off the areas to the left and right of the "path." Which we certainly knew enough to do. My son wanted to roll down the dunes (did you know there is a Wiggles song called "Rolling Down the Sand Dunes"?) but of course I said no and explained about erosion. I had no idea I might be contributing to it. :idontno:

It is confusing, especially if Grayton isn't your usual hangout. Over on the Seacrest side, it's pretty obvious where you should and shouldn't walk. But Grayton is so flat, even someone who grew up in Florida might not know how and where are the best ways to access the beach without disturbing the dunes. Especially since those paths are well-traveled. As you said, Smilin' Joe, it's not like they have signs pointing the way to the beach access. And as for the original subject of this post (the wedding party) -- if the deputies aren't doing their part to educate tourists who are in flagrant violation, how is anyone going to figure it out on their own?

As far as education -- Thanks to help from this site, I am going to put together a bang-up visitors' guide in the off-season for our future renters to read.

For the love of God, what is going on down there? Those are very disturbing pix....is the one of the white shirts for real or did you edit something? I want to kick him in the behind and then jump up and down on his back, smushing everyone underneath and then put a tent on top of them! Thanks, I feel better now.

None of these images have been altered. The humping photo is actually on the beach where there is a small pile of sand. It is seaward of the trash cans. However, they had been in the dunes for a while before this.

OK, I'll fess up. When we were at Grayton a couple of months ago, before I joined this site, we left the Red Bar just before sunset. Then we went down the driveway behind it and traveled a very well-worn footpath between some fairly puny dunes (that are probably punier now after Dennis). Snapped some photos with our digital camera, many of them at the shoreline, but several of them about 5 to 10 feet in front of the dune area, on the beach side.

There may have been a sign at the top of the "path" to keep off the dunes, but honestly I thought that meant to stay off the areas to the left and right of the "path." Which we certainly knew enough to do. My son wanted to roll down the dunes (did you know there is a Wiggles song called "Rolling Down the Sand Dunes"?) but of course I said no and explained about erosion. I had no idea I might be contributing to it. :idontno:

It is confusing, especially if Grayton isn't your usual hangout. Over on the Seacrest side, it's pretty obvious where you should and shouldn't walk. But Grayton is so flat, even someone who grew up in Florida might not know how and where are the best ways to access the beach without disturbing the dunes. Especially since those paths are well-traveled. As you said, Smilin' Joe, it's not like they have signs pointing the way to the beach access. And as for the original subject of this post (the wedding party) -- if the deputies aren't doing their part to educate tourists who are in flagrant violation, how is anyone going to figure it out on their own?

As far as education -- Thanks to help from this site, I am going to put together a bang-up visitors' guide in the off-season for our future renters to read.

It feels good to now know the difference, eh? I know most people don't let signs get in the way of their own mission, but for sign readers/followers, what wording on a sign would help you know to keep out, the fragile nature of the dunes, the reasons to preserve them, and that even the flat parts are a part of the dune system? I don't know how to keep the wording brief enought that people will read, understand, and follow the rules. Understandably, there is confusion with "keep off the dunes" and seeing hundreds of footprints on a well worn path in between the dunes. The dunes are a system and are only as good as their weakest link ie-the flat parts. Personally, I think that most of these people in the dunes taking photos would not care anyway. I hear them saying, "we will only be a couple more minutes.":bang::bang::bang: I feel like telling them that I will thump their ear for only a few more minutes.