Rolling down the road continues. It's just modified slightly. 7 hours out is our limit, unless Apollo comes with us.
Took a run down route 98. Mexico Beach is the first waterfront town once you pass St. Andrews pass. They were ground zero for hurricane Michael back in 2018. You can see a lot of building lots that once had homes on them. There is a lot of renovation going on. Some homes lost their siding and the bare wood is still exposed to the elements.
Next stop was Port St. Joe. They have a great downtown. We saw a lot of out of state license plates in the local businesses parking lots.
A great town for tourists. A lot of restaurants and bars with a few trinket shops for good measure.
A bit further down the road was our primary destination. Apalachicola sits on a point of land where the Apalachicola river meets the Apalachicola Bay. Apparently they like to use the word Apalachicola here. 1 odd thing happened to us going east. We crossed the time zone line. It never occurred to either of us. My phone never updated. So 1 of the shops Vrai wanted to go into, ended up closing about 5 minutes before we darkened their doorway. So we have an excuse to go back. There were a lot of people milling about. Business looks good in that little seaside town. They even have a few shops that sell high end art and other things that I'll never purchase.
I doubt many people plan an entire vacation to come to this town. But it's a great day location. It's mostly rural on the drive that way. So the people there that day had to come from quite a ways away.
And since we were already that far east, we drove over to St. George Island. It's a barrier island that requires driving over 2 very long bridges to get there. It's mostly a family vacation city. There is a small commercial area with a few restaurants. The rest of the places we saw were clearly residential beach areas.
This area is called The Forgotten Coast. I know the people that live there hope it remains that way.
Took a run down route 98. Mexico Beach is the first waterfront town once you pass St. Andrews pass. They were ground zero for hurricane Michael back in 2018. You can see a lot of building lots that once had homes on them. There is a lot of renovation going on. Some homes lost their siding and the bare wood is still exposed to the elements.
Next stop was Port St. Joe. They have a great downtown. We saw a lot of out of state license plates in the local businesses parking lots.
A great town for tourists. A lot of restaurants and bars with a few trinket shops for good measure.
A bit further down the road was our primary destination. Apalachicola sits on a point of land where the Apalachicola river meets the Apalachicola Bay. Apparently they like to use the word Apalachicola here. 1 odd thing happened to us going east. We crossed the time zone line. It never occurred to either of us. My phone never updated. So 1 of the shops Vrai wanted to go into, ended up closing about 5 minutes before we darkened their doorway. So we have an excuse to go back. There were a lot of people milling about. Business looks good in that little seaside town. They even have a few shops that sell high end art and other things that I'll never purchase.
I doubt many people plan an entire vacation to come to this town. But it's a great day location. It's mostly rural on the drive that way. So the people there that day had to come from quite a ways away.
And since we were already that far east, we drove over to St. George Island. It's a barrier island that requires driving over 2 very long bridges to get there. It's mostly a family vacation city. There is a small commercial area with a few restaurants. The rest of the places we saw were clearly residential beach areas.
This area is called The Forgotten Coast. I know the people that live there hope it remains that way.
