Sugar Sand Beaches on the Redneck Riviera. ~ 4 comments.
I'm keeping an eye on the weather to see what day this week would be best to head into the mountains and my property near the 11-mile reservoir. I'm trying to get there when it's cloudy for as many days as possible, for the best picture snapping opportunities.
Unfortunately, sunrise pictures are almost nonexistent at Pete's because my property is near the foot of the mountains to the east, and the sun doesn't rise over the mountains until 8:30 or so, at which point there's no sunrise left to photograph.
The paved roads in that area have gotten so bad that I dread driving on them anymore. I used to have a paved road up until about 2 miles from my property, then it turned into a Jeep trail. But the county has let the paved roads get in such poor condition that I now look forward to getting off the paved roads and onto my relatively decent Jeep trail.
I find it hard to understand how the county let the paved roads fall into such poor condition, with a very large Colorado State Park right next to the reservoir. The county is a growing area, with new houses popping up every time I go out there, which means there should be no shortage of property taxes pouring into the county, and yet there apparently is either not enough money or not enough "will" to repair the roads.
With everyone's property taxes going up every year, I can't imagine it's a lack-of-money problem; I get the feeling it's an allocation problem, with the tax money going to pay for a bigger government and more welfare to support. When I bought the property 30 years ago, the roads were great, and I don't believe the county is taking in less money than it was 30 years ago.
Theboondork
I finally got around to putting up some pictures of my family's trip to the Florida Panhandle, known to locals as "The Redneck Riviera". This is a picture of their hotel room on the beach.
The hotel had a very nice pool, though I can't imagine why anyone would want one if they're right next to the beach.
Dad and the grandkids. Notice that white sand, known as sugar sand, its normal for the Florida Panhandle beaches.
There are miles and miles of white sand beaches in the Florida Panhandle, plenty of sand for the grandkids to play in.