Right now with the Brooks Bridge replacement construction going on, traffic is an absolute mess.
It will be beautiful and efficient when it’s completed, but not for at least another three years.
And when this bridge is completed, the DESTIN Bridge will be time to replace!...................
Fort Walton and Destin are special to me.
Before the death of my dad when I was almost nine, we regularly vacationed in Fort Walton Beach. We always stayed at the Dunes Motel.
My dad loved to fish in Destin and, at nights, we would eat at the Blue Room restaurant.
The last time I visited the Fort Walton area was in 1982. I was eleven and my (then) Stepfather took us for a vacation. It was there that my Stepsister and I discovered MTV and forgot about going to the beach.
I always looked forward to crossing the Brooks Bridge and seeing the “Welcome to Okaloosa Island” sign. We enjoyed shopping at the mall in Mary Esther; I can’t remember the mall’s name.
Now, we vacation in Gulf Shores and have for decades.