SheWrites wrote:For those of us who grew up with nothing on the beach but a few cinder block houses, the change is real - gradual, explosions of growth after Opal, and continued growth with the Levin's on Pensacola Beach and Portofino. Thankful for the National Seashore where one can actually enjoy wide open spaces the way it used to be.
So the talk of "renourishment" is not one with which I'll ever fall in line. Were it not for the building on the beach "renourishment" would not be an issue.
But this is an old woe I've laid aside. No beef with anyone. Changes have been made and there is no turning back. Like I said, I do the state parks and national seashore areas. I've not been on Pensacola Beach since I returned to Florida. Too congested for me.
Believe it or not I do understand where you're coming from, SW. Virginia Beach was my old stomping/vacation grounds when a young girl, and over the years, even after I'd left that state and only returned occasionally, I watched that beachfront develop itself right out of the charm it had held for us oldsters for so long.
So when hubby and I moved here in 2000 this place was WAAAAY laid back, even then, compared to Virginia Beach (and, of course, even compared to what it is now), and many if not most days, excepting perhaps perfect weather summer weekends, there were very few people out on the beach down in the east end neighborhoods. It was truly paradise for me -- maybe not what you had here years back, but for me it was wonderful - and I'm just glad I had the opportunity to know and enjoy that phase of the beach.
Now we're in an entirely different phase and I think I've adapted OK (just as you have, by your own methods) and, even though I may not love it quite so unreservedly as before, I'm still delighted to be here --a big fan of most aspects of Pensacola Beach -- and only hope I may enjoy many more years here, knock on wood.
All the best to you as well, SW, and I'm glad you're still able to do your thing at the Gulf Islands National Seashore, thanks to the late J. Earle Bowden's efforts to protect that land for the ages.
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