When I was young, I used to feel so trapped in this beach town ~ always felt there was somewhere better that I belonged. Was I nuts or what? The older I get and the longer I live here and the more places I have lived and visited (and loved as well), I am convinced that I have not got such a bad deal after all. There are tons of public parks and miles of sidewalks along the river and a great number of water-front eateries ~ something I’ve learned from my travels is not always guaranteed in a beach town. I don’t know how long some of these little places can hold out against the greedy developers that are always pushing the envelope in Florida, but I just hope we get to keep them a little longer…like forever….

One of Captain Hubby & my favorite places is Crabby Joe’s located on the Sunglow Pier. You literally sit on the ocean and yesterday you could feel the ocean as the whole place shook as powerful waves (hurricane Hannah remnants) slammed the pilings.  Every now and then a little bit of water would shoot up through the wood slats of the floor!  The arrow in the pic points to where we sat yesterday ~ musing on how lucky we were to live here….

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