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KristaBeach Crab
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Hi! several years ago I visited this beautiful area of our country, stayed in Carillon Village, Panama City Beach...I drove along the beaches nearby, each more enchanting than the next, all so incredible. Grayton Beach really caught my attention. I want to go back, and plan an amazing vacation for my family, this coming spring break 2008. when we go on vacation, the main goal is to decompress, to pack a small bag with the basics, swim gear, teeshirts and shorts---casual, relaxation, all the way. I am looking for a cottage/condo etc..that would sleep 6 very close to beach access. Is there anyone out there that can help a girl from Cincinnati? thanks much, Krista :cool:

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Cobia CottageBeach Comber
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Hi Krista- Please take a look at my place in Blue Mountain Beach at www.vrbo.com/100470 and see if it meets your needs.
Gypsea avatar
GypseaBeach Fanatic
#3
:welcome: Krista! I'm sure you'll find something wonderful.
Smiling JOe avatar
Smiling JOeSoWal Expert
#5
It sounds like Krista isn't very familiar with our area so you guys are probably confusing Krista, since your homes are not in Grayton Beach, where Krista states she wants to be.
seacrestkristiBeach Fanatic
#6
I bet Krista is a good map reader though. 😀 Seacrest is right down the road just a hop, skip and a jump from Grayton, Krista, maybe 3 or 4 miles. She also said she wanted real close beach access. :cool: Don't you have to walk a ways to get on to Grayton Beach? :idontno:Isn't that where the local cars ride on to the beach because it's such a walk? IJS...I'd be 😀 to help out a gull from Cincinnati. :wave:

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InletBchDweller avatar
InletBchDwellerSoWal Insider
#7
Krista,

I would go and look on the vacation rentals on SOWAL. http://www.sowal.com/rentals.html

Also you could go to here.

SeacrestKristi, I also have rentals on your end of 30-A, and would love to get a renter, but it does seem to me that she wants Grayton and our end of 30-A is certainly no where close.....
Smiling JOe avatar
Smiling JOeSoWal Expert
#8
What IBD said. I will add that the beach is right there at Grayton. Many rental homes are a short walk away. You are right about the locals wanting to ride to the water at Grayton, but that particular access has a lot of beach between it and the Gulf. That is also a draw for some people, as is the calmer outflow at Western Lake. The other end of Grayton has a much shorter length of beach between the homes and the Gulf.

Maybe Krista would be fine with Seacrest Beach, but she past right by it saying that it got better the farther she went towards Grayton.
seacrestkristiBeach Fanatic
#9
Thanks for all the info IBD, SJ. I guess I need to check out the area a little better myself. Wasn't trying to confuse or con anyone just trying to be friendly. Thanks for all your input. :wave: I happen to :wub: Seacrest as does my family. To say it is no where close to Grayton, IBD, I had no idea the area differed so greatly. :idontno:
Jdarg avatar
JdargSoWal Expert
#10
Seacrest is verrrry different than Grayton. Night and day. Before we moved here, we favored Grayton over any other area. I think many returning vacationers favor one area of 30A and return to that area year after year.
seacrestkristiBeach Fanatic
#11
How do they differ exactly? :cool:
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30A SkunkapeSkunky
#12
How do they differ exactly? :cool:

I live in one and not the other:ninja:
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peapod1980percy
#13
Krista, we have become repeat renters of a place in Grayton that may work for you. We have stayed in more luxurious accommodations, but the location honestly can't be beat. jdarg and some others here should be able to vouch for me. PM me if you want further details.
http://rivardnet.com/RNS/search/propertydetail.aspx?ID=102
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Ocean Loverbean
#14
Seacrest is verrrry different than Grayton. Night and day. Before we moved here, we favored Grayton over any other area. I think many returning vacationers favor one area of 30A and return to that area year after year.

I agree. Seacrest has very tall dunes and either steep walkovers or long walkovers. On our very first trip to the area we stayed beachfront in a house in Seacrest right next to RB. It was actually quite a hull down to the beach. We visited Grayton and fell in :wub:. I'd love to stay in Grayton sometime but it's hard to find a house we can afford if just the 4 of us come. We settle on Seagrove and visit Grayton. It's a good location to be in the middle of it all.
seacrestkristiBeach Fanatic
#15
There are 3 flights of stairs, about a good 30 stairs probably to get down to the beach by our place but I could use the exercise. :wub: Seacrest beach looks like heaven to me. :cool: $900/week in spring. ;-)
Jdarg avatar
JdargSoWal Expert
#16
Krista, we have become repeat renters of a place in Grayton that may work for you. We have stayed in more luxurious accommodations, but the location honestly can't be beat. jdarg and some others here should be able to vouch for me. PM me if you want further details.
http://rivardnet.com/RNS/search/propertydetail.aspx?ID=102

OL- y'all need to check into this place. The view is great- the Gulf, all the action on Hotz Ave., the people coming and going from the beach. And lots of room- it is very deceiving how spacious it is.

There is just something magical about walking around Grayton at night, and that huge expanse of beach during the day AND at night.
seacrestkristiBeach Fanatic
#17
Is that by The Red Bar, jdarg? 😀
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Ocean Loverbean
#18
OL- y'all need to check into this place. The view is great- the Gulf, all the action on Hotz Ave., the people coming and going from the beach. And lots of room- it is very deceiving how spacious it is.

There is just something magical about walking around Grayton at night, and that huge expanse of beach during the day AND at night.

We've always wanted a pool before but now I think we could do without. I'd love to stay there someday!
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peapod1980percy
#19
We've always wanted a pool before but now I think we could do without. I'd love to stay there someday!
OL, we never stay anywhere with a pool, and the kids don't seem to miss it. I bet you'd like it there.
P.S. Just because you don't have official access to a pool doesn't mean you can't swim in one. :cool:
Smiling JOe avatar
Smiling JOeSoWal Expert
#20
Is that by The Red Bar, jdarg? 😀
It is located just down the street. You can see the Red Bar from the house, directly across from D&K's.

I'm really surprised at the number of people whom I encounter down here, who've been coming to the beach for years, but never turned south from CR 283/30A. Grayton is of a world all by itself compared to the rest of SoWal, and is the only place bordered to the east and west by State Park Beach.

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