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Paula Dean just opened a restaurant by us. They serve family style by table. Each table gets a choice of a set number of entrees. When we went we got two entrees, four sides, and I think 2 desert choices but they gave us four to taste. I’ve heard others say three entrees so it may depend...

Your question regarding the number of rental days is going to be HUGELY dependent on where the property is located, how "rentable" it is from a quality/decor/bedrooms/amenities, etc. You really need to look at or ask those who own units in your complex to get a better feel for those numbers...

Yes. October is one of our favorite times of the year to come to 30A!

My point is that we don't even allow people to comply by not making it available and easy for ANYONE who wants to buy a permit to do so. Why restrict to residents? Why not allow anyone to buy a permit online? I'm a homeowner so I can buy a permit if I choose, but the likelihood of me driving...

The county is missing out on some serious $ by not allowing anyone to buy a pet license for the beach. Make it easy to buy (online) and have the license good for the year, not this Aug-Aug nonsense. The hours, pick up after your pet and leash laws are fine they way they are IMHO.

People say these chairs are already paid for and that may or may not be completely true. Some vacation rentals include chair set ups as a part of their package so there are set-ups for people sitting there all week with no intention of being used. I wouldn't have an issue with the chair...

over rated: [redacted - want to keep it nice.] Favorites: Borago Pizza by the sea George's The Donut hole Great Southern Bruno's Pizza Goatfeathers Flip Flops - in memorium

You'd be very close. Try using google maps satellite view to confirm.

Thank you!

Is there a website, contact or publication where the turtle release schedules and location are listed? My daughter will be in Seagrove next week and would love to experience this if the releases are still happening. Thanks in advance for any insights/information anyone can provide.

Seems like an opportunity for the county to earn some additional revenues by leasing the lot to Stinkys for use after park hours. A simple chain to close the lot after hours may help entice Stinkys to ink a deal with the county. Everybody wins.

In terms of chairs and umbrellas... The fix is likely as simple as not setting up until the consumer is physically there to take possession and removing them when the consumer leaves. The ghost set-ups, early morning set-ups, taking 50% of the beach, problems would likely take care of themselves.

Use the Waze app. It will give it you the best route.

All my tommy bahama chairs have zipper problems. They've lasted pretty well. I have 9 and they have been used going on three summers and just had one tear today. Heard the wooden handle chairs mold so I'll probably stick with the Costco tommy Bahamas.

That's a compromise?? Really?? A compromise would be to either eliminate the bathroom or put it in where the existing parking lot is. I'm guessing you have never been to this area since here is no way to "minimally impact the dunes" with what you have suggested - It would require nearly...

The dunes border the driveway/road providing access to 20 or so homes, so the only way to put in parking would require the dunes to be removed if the current design is implemented. IMHO this plan permanently destroys the sacred beauty for which we all love this area. Especially when the county...

I don't understand the comments or this string. There is already a beach access here and parking. Any development along the beach would require removal of the dunes which I wouldn't think anyone would want. And adding beach walkovers when there are already flat land paths through the dunes is...

Great to see this!! Congratulations on the new store opening! I have some shopping to do at Diver Down!!!

These chairs are not used. Some may be paid for, but few are actually used or used for more than a short period of time during the day. I'm all for franchise fees, but this fee will just be passed on to the tourists and the chairs will continue to sit empty. I understand your concept with the...

Danny - We don't need any more unnecessary buildings on or along our beaches. The beach vending problem is 4-5 months long and a kiosk is permanent. The hundreds of unused "equipment" you mentioned is a result of poor policy of allowing set-up without requiring occupancy prior to set-up...

I would steer them to one of the charters that run off of Grayton beach. Good experience, close by, less time driving to fish, and have always caught a decent amount of fish.

Danny - I agree with your statement with the caveat that the Neighborhood Beach accesses remain as they are today. Adding parking and bathrooms to the parks might help satisfy the demand. And maybe the parks could charge for parking in order to keep up with the maintenance the increased...

A thought and a question for the group... Question: Where is the "high water mark" on our beaches? Is it a fixed line or does it change with erosion/addition of the beach itself? From what I have read this seems to be surrounded by controversy. Thought: If the high water mark is "owned...

We have a neighborhood beach access in front of our place. The beach vendors hog up nearly all of the shoreline with empty chairs by 7-7:15am - and most remain empty for the day. This leaves a large number of people with no where to set up. Where do they go? Well, they move down the beach...

Would be nice to see some $ go towards walking/biking paths along 30a, too.

A big problem with rip currents is that people aren't aware thy are caught in one until they find themselves overly tired and making little, if any, progress towards shore. Some thoughts to share from personal experience while vacationing in Mexico and being caught in a rip-tide and pulling...

Doe Does this mean the vendors can no longer set up in these areas without the signs? What implications, if any, does the sign removal have?

Directv channel 232 the cooking channel at 1:30 central time.

I've noticed there are a couple of these on the beach in seagrove by Walton dunes but they are not arranged in a way that marks off an area. What are they for? Does this mean the dumpy, unoccupied, beach chair set ups have to be contained within some designated area?

Bummer - Agree. I started to take the survey, but stopped because of the way the questions were phrased. Every time the word "infrastructure" was used, it included a laundry list of infrastructure related items - some I agree with and some I do not. They should try asking which...

Makes sense. Their website says 2016 which seemed overly optimistic

Any idea when the Seagrove Market Cafe would be open for business again?

I fished yesterday in Deer Lake on the outflow and walked as far back as I could. No hits yet. Tried a jig with spinner, spinner bait, and a couple of others. Guess that's why it's called fishing instead of catching. :-). I'll give it another go this week and report back.

Looks like it may have dissipated here in Seagrove. Yay!

Good to know. I had read that the red tide didn't affect fresh water but the dune lakes are unique. Given that there are fish in them and the red tide happens at least every year, I'll remain optimistic.

Board of County Commissioners on 2015-12-08 4:00 PM - Regular Meeting - Dec 8th, 2015

Thx Garner. Glad to hear you're open. I was hoping to pop into the Seagrove store when we get to town.

Thanks Jimmy! That's a lot more variety of fish than I thought there might be. I appreciate the suggestions on lures, too. I'll be sure to report what I catch. I'll be at Deer lake between Christmas and new years!

What's the fishing like in the dune lakes? I was thinking of giving it a try at Deer Lake in a few weeks. I assumed there might be some nice bass, but with the brackish nature of the lakes I wasn't sure. I'm a catch and release and licensed fisherman. Any insights and advice would be...

@Seasidedent - Sadly, last March I was more worried about stepping on trash than anything else. Lots of red solo cups and many of them were encrusted with sea life, so the'd been there a while. I wonder if we are seeing the trash from PCB or Destin being distributed on our beaches? Sad...

That would be cool to see!

7:40 am today. Looks like the beach vendors are ignoring the 50% rule.... And shockingly, NONE of these set-ups are occupied!! So unfortunate that our views of the beach now include empty chairs and umbrella from dawn to dusk....

deborsk - this may be one of the issues with all of the set-ups being unoccupied. Even though they may be purchased, there could be a high probability of renters not using them every day they are available. Would it be just as an effective promotion to have the renters contact the beach chair...

How about no beach set-ups until the customer physically occupies them and no set-ups allowed until after 9am. The rest of the problems should take care of themselves.

Given the 6am start time you reference your son having to be at work, it seems like the owners of these chair rental companies are ignoring the 7:30 am set-up requirement. Not blaming the kids for doing what they are told...

This morning I look at the Walton Dunes beach access at 7:20 and saw 20+ setups (two chairs and an umbrella) already in place and in a straight line along most of the beach. I assume the morning nesting survey happens before 7am? Just don't understand the "after morning nesting" clause in this...

Shorty's in Grayton Beach cooked our catch and offered a $12 per person for all the fixins and cooked all the fish you wanted in your choice of style (fried, grilled, blackened,etc.). It was superb! This was two years ago.

Tried the fried green beans the last time we visited. Yummy!

Just an observation this morning... Looks like 9-10 beach set-ups were in place at the Walton Dunes beach access before 7:30. So much for the beach vendors respecting the new ordinances...

Adding to other comments... 7:30 am is too early. As far as I'm concerned these set-ups are just polluting the morning sunrise and ocean views. They are usually sit empty until mid morning at the earliest. Move the start time back to something like 9am and ONLY allow set-ups to start once...