First Impressions

After four days and 2000 miles (3150 km), with a short detour to the home of The King, we arrived at our cottage on the Cape. And if I didn't know better I'd say someone had dropped us off at Grand Beach. The texture and colour of the sand is identical. From our balcony deck you'd swear you were looking out over Lake Winnipeg and not the Gulf of Mexico.

The Mississippi delta was shining 
Like a national guitar 
I am following the river 
Down the highway 
Through the cradle of the civil war 
I'm going to Graceland 
Graceland 
In Memphis, Tennessee 
 - Paul Simon

Arnie & Ken with 'The King'

Cape San Blas is a seventeen-mile long barrier peninsula that curves around St. Joseph Bay like a giant arm. In 2002, it was ranked as America's #1 beach. No kidding...it's spectacular! Remember when Playboy magazine ranked Grand Beach in the Top 10 beaches in North America. Port St. Joe, the nearest community, and the surrounding coastline received the dubious nickname, "Florida's Forgotten Coast" when state tourism officials left it off the map in the mid-1990s. And to some extent it has retained the name due to the financial collapse of 2008. However, there are signs of a comeback with new construction interspersed between the For Sale signs. We're just pleased to have discovered this 'forgotten' paradise.

Photo taken from the balcony deck of Gone Catchin',
our cottage on Cape San Blas

the Gulf of Mexico, not Lake Winnipeg

KP