Will never forget the first time I saw Navarre.
I spent a good deal of my childhood in Mary Ester. Back then the only thing on Navarre beach was the Holiday Inn and the Pier.
When they were putting in the underwater utilities to Navarre Beach, they ran into a 7,000 year old Cypress forest under Santa Rosa sound. I went there and got some beautiful (red in color) 7,000 year old wood.