Yesterday we drove 180 miles along the Florida panhandle to the Carrabelle RV Resort — located directly across the road from Carrabelle Beach, a non-developed white sanded shoreline.
One historical fact I found interesting about this area is that in 1942, Camp Gordon Johnston was opened at Carrabelle for the purpose of training amphibious soldiers on nearby beaches. The camp trained a quarter of a million men and closed in 1946. The nearby islands of Dog Island and St. George Island were used as landing points for exercises. Some of those trained participated in World War II D-day.
Carrabelle is a small town with a population of slightly under 3,000. Some who know the area describe it as old Florida having not fallen to development and the hustle-bustle of current modern life. Franklin County, home of Carrabelle, has only one stoplight, which when we were told this fact seemed to be a source of pride.
It’s become apparent we’re drawn to these less developed areas where there is natural beauty and less commercialization.
We’ll probably remain in this area until mid-May. This will give us time to become Florida residents and register our vehicles as such.
As you can see in these photo it’s been mostly cloudy thus far. It appears this might be a weather pattern for the next week or so with a threat of rain during the afternoons and evenings. Nevertheless, there’s lots to see and do here, including making sure Maggie gets her daily romps on the beach.
I don’t comment much but I’m enjoying your updates on your travels. Looks like you’re taking to the nomadic life like old veterans… :)
Hi pj. It’s always good to hear from you and I’m happy you’re finding these updates interesting. I don’t know about veterans…although the old part might be right. ;-) The “nomadic life” is becoming the new normal for us and the technical parts of the lifestyle are much easier. All considered we’re enjoying it.
I hope you’re doing well. I tried to visit you’re blog the other day and got a message it was by invite only. Would love to be able to keep up with your current status.
Doing just fine Earl. Went private on the blog while I decide where to take it from here, or if I’m even going to continue blogging. For now I’m only active on twitter and Instagram. I’ll more than likely go live with the blog at some point, but time will tell when that will be.
Now that is one happy dog! I think if I had a self contained rig my camp sites of choice would be the simpler and maybe more remote locations such as these.
Yes, Maggie loves the beach maybe most of all. She loves to run and it’s just made for her to do so. Bonnie and I are both introverts and that’s why we tend to dodge the more crowded locations. It should be relaxing and having to deal with crowds isn’t for us.