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Discovering The Forgotten Coast

Discovering the Forgotten Coast Shortly after the United States entered World War II, the Army Ground Forces Command went looking for a place to train amphibious assault forces in preparation for D-Day. Their requirements included a deep water port near shallow bays and miles of natural, gently sloping beaches, preferably without too many civilians around. Fifty years later, those same features that attracted the Army’s planners continue to attract a different sort of coastal invasion: boaters have discovered Carrabelle, FL, and unlike the Arm... Read More

There's A Lot Going On... Carrabelle

Just a stone's throw south of Florida's state capital, nestled in the heart of the Forgotten Coast, is a bustling boaters' paradise teeming with a colorful coastal charm - Carrabelle, Florida. Driving along scenic route Highway 98 in Northwest Florida, it is impossible to miss this unmistakable riverfront community where a fading historic working waterfront is merging with a growing tourist economy and modern residential development. Flanked by the area's signature sugar-sand beaches and rustic barrier islands, Carrabelle offers all the natural amenities... Read More

Fabulous Fishing

The secret’s out about Carrabelle It is Friday happy hour at Harry’s Bar, a fishermen’s hangout in Carrabelle, Florida. You know it is a fishermen’s bar because of the hours of operation: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Opens early so fishermen can gather to talk about the weather, their most serious topic, much more than the small talk it is for the rest of us. Closes early so those early risers can get home to their families or continue the party around the corner at Wicked Willie’s. Also, those are the hours that Harry wanted it open before he retired and handed over t... Read More

Storming the beaches of Carrabelle Florida coastal town a training site for Norm

CARRABELLE BEACH, Florida - On June 6, 59 years ago, the most selfless, heroic act by any nation took place on the beaches of France. That was when the Allies (primarily U.S. troops) stormed ashore on "Fortress Europa." Several times a week in the early 1940's, Army troops stormed ashore on undeveloped coastal Florida land. So many thousands of U.S. men died in that action that we seem somehow unable, or unwilling, to relate to the scope of the loss. It was, nevertheless, the single greatest military battle in human history, and much of the tra... Read More

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