State of the beaches after Arlene

Saturday the water looked as good or better than it has all year.

wow Kurt...the water looks so good!!!!! :clap_1:

We heard that 4 houses at Gulf Trace were condemned because of Arlene damage due to septic tank issues. Is that true?

Thanks Kurt! That pic seriously helped make my day. Where was it taken?

What do you mean? I am sitting on the Beach using my wireless.
(just kidding, but that would be nice, eh?) I definitely cannot see the Beach from my window, but I am much closer than Montgomery.

Think I'll set up my wireless this weekend so I can surf the 'Net at the beach. If you're wardriving, don't try to look for "phdphay" or something involving Gators or food or restaurants. LOL.

Thanks Kurt! That pic seriously helped make my day. Where was it taken?

Topsail Hill

Lordy, look at all that crapola and people on the beach! And look at all the gosh darn tents! That's not 'needed stuff', that's just sh...! Calming down a bit now - I guess it's been a long time since I actually went to a 'popular' beach. I've been spoiled with the multitude of boat-access-only areas and the controlled park beaches. No litter and no junk! There's this one little cresent-shaped white sand beach surrounded entirely by marshes and seedling palms that comes to mind. Completely unapproachable by land, it's as natural as it is beautiful. Mmmmm. Nope, I wouldn't exchange a sewage lagoon for ten miles of that crowded, crap covered, ownership righted, tire-tracked, fenced, scraped, walkovered bs. They can have it!!! I'm going to stick with the beach below.

BTW, a lot of the sand washed down to Pensacola - they had 10 feet high extra in one place alone. Bet they won't give it back either. Perhaps each county could spend millions dye-ing their particular sand so it becomes clear who's it is.

Here is a shot of my cup of tea:

Saaaaweeeeet!

Here is a shot of my cup of tea:

We heard that 4 houses at Gulf Trace were condemned because of Arlene damage due to septic tank issues. Is that true?

Look at Sally's post above.

Here is a shot of my cup of tea:

Where was that place again SJ???????? :

Where was that place again SJ???????? :

It is my "special" place along the Gulf, a BIG, little Secret Garden. The marine bioligist writes as though he has been there before, but I cannot risk telling everyone because it would no longer look like the photo. Instead, it would look like Bonaroo III - Beachside.

Can you say WOO-HOO?

6/18/05

Beautiful, Beautiful Kurt. Thank you, made my day. Heading down Saturday, and I hope it is this beautiful when I get there!!!!!

I want to swim here

Beautiful, Beautiful Kurt. Thank you, made my day. Heading down Saturday, and I hope it is this beautiful when I get there!!!!!

I want to swim here

Me Too!!!!!

There are quite a few secluded, clean and lovely areas. If there was public access to them they wouldn't be secluded, clean or lovely anymore - nuff said about them.

<QUOTE>
?If you don?t turn around, you wouldn?t know it was there,? Brady said.
Brad Pickel, the Director of Beach Management at the Walton County Tourist Development Council, said the beach has eroded to where peat deposits are outcropping. </QUOTE>

"If you don't look down, you'll never see you stepped in it", said I, "but you'll sure smell it, either then or later on in the car!".

yecch! here's some lovely poo for you!

SEPTIC TANKS AND BEACHES DON'T MIX!

containment or die (literally)!

I remember now Sj.....that was your secret spot, Enjoy it..... it sure is beautiful

We are in Seagrove, having to use the Pelayo public beach access since our condo's access is missing its last 20 feet of steps. There is very little sand on the beach, with a lot of that semi-fossilized, weird peat stuff exposed mixed in with black sand. Also several ancient cypress stumps sticking out -- kind of interesting thing to see.

You can see what happened to the sand -- it's about 40 yards off shore in a huge sand bar. Kind of strange; you can wade out there and the water is only ankle deep at low tide! It is very interesting, the past three days, to see the progress of the sand bar coming back into shore. What started out at 40 yards from the beach/water line on Saturday, is now only 15-20 yards out. Looks like Mother Nature will take care of things in time.

Thanks for the update!

Indeed, the tide fattened by a full moon, and sweet rolling waves are bringing a lot of sand onshore.

Look what happened overnight - another reason not to leave your stuff out.

And yes - it's not just visitors:

And yes - it's not just visitors:

That's amazing Kurt!! How delightful that the beach is drifting back in.

That is so great!!!!! just in time for our trip!!!!!!!!!!!! :clap_1:

Thanks Seaside - for the $1.7 million dollars worth of sand.

hey kurt, be down next week...if you spot a white durango with missouri plates LTL-SGR (little sugar is my nickname) stop me and say hi!!!!!! :clap_1:

Where were those last couple of photos taken? What beach? Thanks.

hey kurt, be down next week...if you spot a white durango with missouri plates LTL-SGR (little sugar is my nickname) stop me and say hi!!!!!! :clap_1:

And I will be the one in the Green Dodge Grand Caravan...with SoWal stickers on it, oh and of course my ALABAMA magnets. :clap_1: Will be at the Seagrove Villas and Motel!!!! Can't Wait!

See you in a few days seagrovelover!