{"id":19490,"date":"2020-08-28T22:05:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T05:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?p=19490"},"modified":"2020-12-28T01:03:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T09:03:05","slug":"three-things-about-favorite-beach-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/three-things-about-favorite-beach-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Things About a Favorite Beach Destination"},"content":{"rendered":"

This installment of Three Things is courtesy of photographer and writer Sandy Lorrigan (\u2018Sandy Beach\u2019), former Executive Director of Sitka Convention & Visitors Bureau.<\/em><\/p>\n

1. Question: Why do you enjoy going to the beach?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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A couple enjoys their own private social hour on Hawaii\u2019s magnificent Ka\u2019anapali Beach.<\/span> PHOTO COURTESY OF HALINA KUBALSKI.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Answer:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Visiting the beach has always been a social hour for me with close friends. (It has also been a test of how fair skinned people can outmaneuver sunburn. \ud83d\ude42 )<\/p>\n

2. Question: What is your favorite beach?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The stunning beauty of Dauphin Island, Alabama.<\/span> PHOTO BY JEFFREY REED VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS \/ CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Answer:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dauphin Island, Alabama. This hidden gem is a remote out-of-the-way location, has very limited services and not as heavily populated as other Gulf Coast beaches. To be an adventurer, I believe the best time to visit is off season when it is \u00a0quiet, peaceful, less people and a great chance to meet locals or fishermen strolling the beach. There are only a few tall condos unlike other gulf coast beaches, but you can find a few smaller condos or house rentals along the coast line to snuggle into and enjoy the incredible ocean view from your own balcony. A sunny off-season day will show you plenty of spring and fall migrating birds or watch the comical local gulls, plovers, pelicans and porpoises.<\/p>\n

3. Question: What\u2019s something interesting about this beach?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Clockwise from Top Left: An 1890 painting of the Battle of Mobile Bay<\/span>\u00a0(PAINTING BY XANTHUS RUSSELL SMITH (1890), PUBLIC DOMAIN, VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)<\/span>; Sand Point Lighthouse<\/span> (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE U.S. COAST GUARD)<\/span>; Indian Mound Park<\/span> (PHOTO BY JEFFREY REED VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS \/ CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>)<\/span>; Fort Gaines<\/span> (PHOTO BY EDIBOBB VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS \/ CC BY 3.0<\/a>).<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Answer:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This beach area is a great \u201chome base\u201d to explore so much in the area! Walk or picnic along the miles of shoreline with beautiful rolling dunes. The local Native Tribes of Seminoles, Creek and Choctaw used this traditional area during the Mississippian period, 1100-1550, to collect oysters and shellfish. These early Native Americans discarded their oyster and clam shells into \u201cmounds\u201d that still exist today and can be viewed at The Indian Mount Park, also called Shell Mount Park, on the north side of the Island. These mounds were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Also nearby, discover\u00a0 historical Fort Gaines and Sand Point Lighthouse (decommissioned), or drive to the City of Mobile\u2019s many incredible attractions and boat cruises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Visiting the beach has always been a social hour for me with close friends. 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