What Do You LOVE About SoWal?

I am so in love with this place, every day I still say out loud "I can't believe I actually live here". This is my first Fall Season in SoWal. So far, October is stunningly beautiful, maybe my favorite month, wow!

Photos taken yesterday, Saturday October 3.

I LOVE fall here...

Better late than never!
I love the fact that I come from Tennessee and I live in Freeport and I am by no means rich or famous but nobody cares.
I love the friends I make, for life or just for the duration of their visit.
I love the well timed hugs and smiles.
I love the way the air feels and the sand blinds you with beauty.
I love the power the Gulf gives you.
I love the fact that the same Gulf makes you feel small in the grand scheme of things.
I love that my grandchildren get it.

It is NEVER too late - in fact, you can even post daily lol!

Wonderful post and so many great uplifting reasons to love it here. My fav is

I love that my grandchildren GET IT! Awesome!! And they are lucky to have you!!

Thanks for sharing.
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I am so in love with this place, every day I still say out loud "I can't believe I actually live here". This is my first Fall Season in SoWal. So far, October is stunningly beautiful, maybe my favorite month, wow!

Photos taken yesterday, Saturday October 3.

Hi Chill!

I was here last October but only for a week (in advance of Santa Rosa Island Triathlon - which my dh did yesterday, but I had to sit on sidelines due to shoulder ) Anyway, we camped and it was wonderful! This is our first official October in the area - but next October will be our first in SoWal!!

I am happy that you are experiencing your first fall and are "in love!" Your pics are beautiful!!! Thanks for posting them!

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I LOVE fall here...

Easy to love it! Hey, do they ever have bon fires when the weather turns cooler? Seems like that would be very neat.

Thanks for posting!
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Actually, in November it's gets even better, clearer, cooler. October still has some hot muggy days. (Dec. and Jan. seems a bit cold and rainy). I far as I know, you can still have bonfires, but you have to get a permit and there are rules. I thought I heard talk that bonfires were going to be banned altogether, but could have been just a rumor.

I love that I love rainy days in SoWal as much as sunny days.

I love that at this very moment I'm on my back porch watching the dolphins swim by, fishermen are out in their boats having a leisurely day, and a new bride and groom are getting their photographs taken over there on the Eden Gardens dock.

Actually, in November it's gets even better, clearer, cooler. October still has some hot muggy days. (Dec. and Jan. seems a bit cold and rainy). I far as I know, you can still have bonfires, but you have to get a permit and there are rules. I thought I heard talk that bonfires were going to be banned altogether, but could have been just a rumor.

I went to my first beach bonfire and it was awesome!!! I can see where that will be a new LOVE on my list!

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I love that at this very moment I'm on my back porch watching the dolphins swim by, fishermen are out in their boats having a leisurely day, and a new bride and groom are getting their photographs taken over there on the Eden Gardens dock.

I just saw this post. Sounds M A G I C A L!!

So now I am experiencing December in the area. I so love it!

It brings to mind this quote about this time of year - see if you agree.

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I would replace "in the country" with "on the beach" to really hit home. Here's a few pics I've taken this season starting November. I'd love to see yours.



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Been a long time since I've come to this thread.

I have another thing to post on why I love it here.

The PEOPLE!

You guys are great at getting everyone involved and showing us newbies the way to do it!

Thanks!

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PS Looked back on all the comments. Wonderful thread folks. Thanks so much for posting.

I love this post and I've spent so much time reading and stressing over the oil spill that it was really nice to re-read something so postive, thanks for bumping it back to the top Gidget!

I love this post and I've spent so much time reading and stressing over the oil spill that it was really nice to re-read something so postive, thanks for bumping it back to the top Gidget!

I came back to destress too! I needed a happy place this evening and against better judgment I came here!

Another thing I love is the early morning sounds of birds and 30A just waking up - a few early cars going by....and the birds happily singing!

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My confederate jasmine is blooming! It perfumes the whole yard and house.

SB - Isn't it marvelous to smell the jasmine!!! I never dreamed there would be so much. I love it!!

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Last year was the 1st time visiting the area. 11 people from 2 families for 2 full weeks in the same house.

Here is what we LOVED.......

NO need for watches (this is the FIRST vacation ever for that...typically everything is done on a schedule...but not this time)

NO complaining that there wasn't anything to do

NO need to worry about what to wear.....just grab your suit, shades, and lotion and it was all good

NO need to drive anywhere if we chose not to....everything was within walking or biking distance

NO one wanted to go home

NO reason to ever vacation ANYWHERE else

We will see you all again this summer....for another 2 full weeks of new NO's

I just re-read this thread.

Thanks everyone for sharing why you LOVE it here!

Keep them coming! They are all wonderful to read and to look back on.

And here we are with another fall season - my first as a true "30A local", as we weren't actually in the house or living in Walton County when I experienced last fall and posted.

Hurray for fall!! Here's a taste of last Saturday!

I love it here so many reasons! By the way, this is the first time I have been here in the fall and it is gorgeous! The ocean is so pristine and beautiful, and I love to see all of the monarch butterflies, the dolphins swimming, children laughing and playing and of course,the sunsets..... I love the small town nostalgic feel of the area, people riding bikes everywhere,and being able to walk around and take everything in. The people here are so nice and friendly too. I love the parks and the walking trails . I love that I am getting ready to close on a place here in just a few weeks! Hopefully I will one day be able to make this place my permanent home!

I love longleaf pines and Blue Lupine.

I love longleaf pines and Blue Lupine.

Betty says so do I!!!

I love that this is a unique community in so many ways. It has a natural, wonderful, peaceful kind of beauty expressed in the land, the scrub, the dunes, the lakes, the bay, the gulf, the wildflowers and oaks... and that beauty extends to the people who love and protect and cherish all of it! Because the people here are as unique as the place - residents and visitors just know it's very special.

I love it here because I am constantly reminded that there is still magic in the world!

I love that I am surrounded by gorgeous nature and vistas.