With both a Naval Air Station and an Air Force Base to our South, there is no direct route from our location to the Gulf of Mexico. For our first beach trip we chose to go about 18 miles West before heading South and that took us to Navarre Beach. As you will see in the photos, this barrier island is a strip of sharp contrasts. Immediately West of the causway is a strip of large hotels and condos, but continuing along the only road that travels all along the beach, it soon changes over to individual dwellings, many of which are for sale. The island received considerable devistation from Hurricanes Ivan in 2004 and Dennis in 2005 and many homes were either badly damaged or completely destroyed. Indeed, a stretch of road that joins Navarre Beach with the West end of the island (Pensacola Beach and Gulf Breeze) remains closed. East from the causway is a State Park that was largely destroyed and is still in the process of being rebuilt - due to reopen sometime in 2008.
It was a mostly overcast day but we still enjoyed several hours on the beach with the sun frequently cutting through the cloud cover and naturally, about half the way back to Holt, the clouds were gone.
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