I’m guessing back then 98 and 30A had little development except a few cottages around Seagrove and Grayton beach
We deep sea fished Destin
Only real motel was the Holiday Inn...small about a mile east of the bridge
You had to go to Fort Walton to really eat....
60s and early 70s
It’s a parking lot now in summer
North Walton. Still has charm
Yes, it was a different world. I spent one Summer working at LaFountaine’s Wharf in Destin. Jobs were extremely difficult to find.
There was a small store/gas station in Seagrove and a few wooden houses or cottages there and Grayton.
Mother had saved $3000 during WWII. She got her allotment plus Daddy sent his entire pay check too. He made more money selling his cigarette ration than he could spend. They bought a 40 acre farm and a 2/3s completed house.
Made beautiful crops but Florida had no stock law back then and the hogs broke down fences and ruined most of it. He went to work at Tyndall and we moved to P.C.
Later got on at Eglin and we moved back home to DeFuniak Springs, where they bought another house and 35 acres but it was just for hiking and enjoying. Beautiful hardwood forest with several small creeks and even a couple of small waterfalls.