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In reply to the discussion: I admit it, I'm dumb about alligators. [View all]csziggy
(34,153 posts)Hippy type college students were no real welcome.
I really only went there a few times in the 1970s. I was a college student working part time and the money for gas to drive there and back was a significant bite into my budget and time. Plus I never looked good in a swim suit so going to the beach was not high on my list of things to do.
Back then my group mostly went to the sinkholes to swim - even after we'd been to the beach they were a good place to wash off the salt water. The sinks were mostly shaded, and the water was cool since the sinks connect to the underground water system. Now most of those are in the Leon Sinks Geological Area in the Apalachicola National Forest and no swimming is allowed. The rest are privately owned and monitored more closely than they used to be.
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