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SnowBIRDS
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A Winter Visitor
Publication
Spring 2022
Calendar
pages 10-11
Clubs
page 12
Pickleball
pages 8-9
Play ball!
page 17
In print and online
SnowBirdsGulfCoast.com S N OW B I R D S 16 T H A N N I V E R S A RY Y E A R
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Gulf Coast
SnowBIRDS
ON THE COVER
Our cover couple , Canadians Joanne
and Stan Carter, hail from Toronto,
Ontario, where they stay active all year
with summer and winter activities. This
year they were looking for a warmer
getaway - and a chance to play the
fastest growing sport in the nation,
pickleball. They found that and more at
Destin’s Seascape Resort.
INDEX
Publisher’s Welcome...................................................................................................................... 6
Cover Couple................................................................................................................................... 8
Pickleball........................................................................................................................................... 9
Calendar......................................................................................................................................10-11
Clubs.................................................................................................................................................12
Snaps................................................................................................................................................14
Baseball............................................................................................................................................17
Casino Entertainment..........................................................................................................................18
Publisher: Karen Harrell / Publisher@SnowbirdsGulfCoast.com / 850.291.1266
Art Director: Jahna Jacobson
Writers and Contributors: Karen Harrell
Photography: Randy Hamilton/Hamilton Art Agency
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Welcome!
We persevered!
Omicron had an impact but the 2021-22 season
still went on. Snowbirds generally were cautious
but still managed to socialize and enjoy their
winter stay. Fingers crossed this thing finally
moves on!
I’m anticipating Spring as a time of renewal. So,
it’s almost like it’s the first of the year for me
after a hectic season.
This edition our cover couple are Canadians who
are happy to be out of the great white north
playing a game they love - pickleball! They love
it so much they extended their stay at Seascape Resort in Miramar Beach
for an additional six weeks!
We managed to make it to a couple of events, club meetings and to
check out the masterful woodworkers at the Panama City Beach Senior
Center. While I was in the neighborhood I stopped by the Jimmy Buffet-
inspired Latitude Watersound welcome center to check out the plans for
the massive new amenity-rich development. Check it out, if you can!
At this point many of you just aren’t ready to go home but you have
to vacate your property for the Spring Breakers. Explore some inland
destinations! We have a new partner, CajunTravel.com. Just west of
Baton Rouge, La., it looks like a terrific place to explore for a few days.
Be sure to follow our Facebook page: Snowbirds Gulf Coast and sign up
for our enewsletter at SnowbirdsGulfCoast.com
Be safe, be well.
Karen Harrell
publisher@snowbirdsgulfcoast.com, 850-291-1266
Reminder that we maintain an online and social
media presence year-round. Interested in our
advertising programs? Call or text 850-291-1266.
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Canadian couple finds pickleball home at Seascape
Canadians Joanne and Stan Carter are a newly
retired, active couple who were seeking a warmer
climate and an opportunity to participate in
numerous outdoor sports. Extended Covid-19
lockdowns had them ready for some winter fun,
so when they chose early retirement, friends
"back home" in Toronto, Ontario, suggested they
search for Pickleball groups to get ideas. They hit
the jackpot when Snowbird groups and Destin's
long-established Seascape Resort came up. Here
is their story:
Pickleball's popularity is outpacing available courts
Q. How long have you been married?
in most areas. Indoor courts have been fashioned
Eight years.
in many gymnasiums and tennis courts built in
Q. How did you meet? the game's heyday in the 1970s-80s are being
We met in a Toronto Bike Club, whereby you go repurposed. New courts also are being added and
bike riding with groups of people to explore the more to come.
City and they also had some weekend trips too, to
Here is a partial list of in each area. We will be
smaller towns, etc.
compiling a more expansive list online, soon.
Q. Do you have any children?
Panama City Beach - The city expanded from two
We have three grown children and three
to four courts in 2020 and play is brisk! The courts
grandchildren. (It is Stan's second marriage and
are located behind the Panama City Beach Senior
Joanne's first.) Stan's grown children's names
Center. Indoor play is at the Frank Brown Park
are Zachary, Danielle and Kara. Zachary has one
Community Center. ww.pcbfl.gov
child named Amburlyn and Danielle has 2 named
Sebastian and Freya. Kara graduated with her South Walton - Four new asphalt courts are
master’s degree and has a degree in Criminology. under construction at the Walton County Sports
She is presently working as a Provincial Q. Tell us about the Seascape community. Complex, and are expected to be completed in
Communication Centre 911 Dispatcher. Danielle We arrived in Destin with a beautiful community March. www.sowal.com
is presently a guidance counselor, and Zachary of activities to join and the view never gets old
in Miramar Beach here in Florida. We love to play Boys and Girls Club of the Emerald Coast has
works for Ontario Power Generator as a station about 140 adult members and three indoor courts.
manager. Pickleball and found the people at the courts here
so welcoming. There are two sessions a day for Other courts at: Destin Tennis Club, Sandestin
Q. You were early retirees, what kind of work free play for all levels. The options of where to Tennis Center, Watercolor Tennis, Hidden Dunes
did you do? stay are numerous as we are enjoying the condo- Tennis & Pickleball, Seascape Resort.
Stan is an electrical technician and Joanne a style of living. The pools, hot tubs, exercise room Fort Walton Beach - Six courts were added in
school teacher up to grade 10. etc., all provide a great atmosphere to enjoy in our 2020 at Mooney Park. There are four courts at
Q. Besides Pickleball, do you play any other early retirement plans. both Jet-Holmes and the Fort Walton Beach
sports? Q. What was key to your enjoyment of your Tennis Center. www.fwb.org
We enjoy our seasonal sports (in Canada) but now inaugural stay? Gulf Breeze - Indoor play at Shoreline Park
are enjoying more time in the sunshine. In the We had the best Tournaments during our stay! Recreation Center.
past winters we did a lot of skating, snow skiing, We participated in one called Snowball Slam
boarding and enjoyed walks to the Lake. During in January and look forward to the Mardi Gras Pensacola - Pensacola Athletic Center offers
the summer months we've enjoyed boating, hiking, 2022 on February 25. The round-robin type mixer monthly memberships. www.pacactive.com
bike riding, swimming and Pickleball. tournament where players had a different partner Foley - The Grove
and different opponents each round. There were 55+ community
50+ mystery prizes at the end given to players has four cushioned
and spectators! Wow, tons of volunteers, dozens outdoor courts. www.
of spectators, two giant snowman, and one snow- thefoleygrove.com
themed photo booth. The organization of these
events have run so smoothly. An event like this Orange Beach – Indoor
was so successful because of all the leadership, play at the Orange
dedication, support and teamwork given by Beach Recreation
the Seascape Community and its sponsors and Center www.
volunteers. orangebeachal.gov
Q. Have you made plans to return? Gulf Shores – One Gulf
We've enjoyed our time here so much that we are Shores (public courts)
staying longer and look to come back next year as available day or night.
www.oneclubgulfshores. On the horizon at Latitudes
well. com Watersound - Pickleball courts!
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Pickleball playmaker shares love of growing sport
Michigan native Ann Marie Moore purchased a year- quickly - tennis, racquet ball, badminton, ping pong,
round home at amenity-rich Seascape Resort in etc. For recreational-type play, pickleball is also less
Miramar Beach, Florida, with husband, Carl. Seascape physically demanding than other sports so a much
has 12 pools, six tennis courts, a basketball court and wider range of people can play, including older folks
an 18-hole golf course - all just steps from the white who make up a large proportion of our community.
sand beach and turquoise waters of the Gulf. The
Our Seascape Pickleball community has grown quickly
professional organizer discovered a love of Pickleball in
and includes players of all skill levels, from beginners
2020 shortly after the new courts were installed and
to advanced players and everything in between.
she put her organizing skills to work to advocate for
We also have an active Facebook group called
additional courts.
“Seascape Pickleball,” where we post group pix and
Pickleball is growing in action shots to encourage others to join us. The group
popularity every year, has grown to 550 members in less than two years.
and Moore is helping
Q. How many players do you have in the winter?
to grow the Gulf Coast
I’d guess we’ll have at least 250 or more players using
player community.
the courts over the winter with 50+ folks who play
Q. How did you get regularly. They are a mix of residents, snowbirds and
new courts built? short-term rental visitors.
Shortly after I was
Q. How many courts does the property have? Our daily round robin play is typically attended by 20+
elected to the
Seascape currently has six clay pickleball courts. In players in the morning and afternoon. Many times we
Seascape HOA Board,
early 2020 Seascape converted one of eight tennis have so many people at the courts that we have to
I supported Pickleball
courts to three pickleball courts. The following year, take turns playing.
courts based on owner
due to increased demand for pickleball, Seascape
requests and also based on hearing about great things Q. What is the most enjoyable part of the role?
converted a second tennis court to three more
pickleball had done for other communities. I had Watching our community take shape and blossom.
pickleball courts, for a total of six pickleball courts. As
never played Pickleball before nor did I have a tennis Prior to a couple years ago there wasn’t anything at
soon as the three new courts were added, they were
background. At that time I had no idea I would enjoy Seascape that unified folks. Pickleball has created
immediately being used and now all six courts are
the sport myself once I started playing. opportunities for Seascapers to get to know one
often full throughout the day.
another. So many friendships have formed off the
Once the HOA installed the pickleball courts, I started
Q. What do you attribute the growing popularity of courts because of Pickleball.
encouraging others to try the sport, by word of mouth
the game?
and Facebook posts. Week by week, more and more Pickleball is such a fun sport that I would encourage
Pickleball is a sport that is easy to learn, fun to play,
Seascapers were introduced to pickleball and nearly anyone to give it a try. It’s a good workout and a great
and people from many sports backgrounds can apply
everyone that tried it really enjoyed it. way to meet folks in your community.
those skills and become good Pickleball players pretty
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Lab Estuarium - The Northern Gulf Institute
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Time to hit the high seas! Tammys Journeys will take a Snowbird group on a Fla. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Details: https:// musical entertainment. Fundraising event
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Your publisher may even be on board! Details: 50-243-3809 or www. Gulf Shores Police Association Golf
https://palafoxmarket.com
tammysjourneys.com. Tournament 2022 - Peninsula Golf Club,
SUNDAYS 20 Peninsula Blvd, Gulf Shores, Ala.Range
Events may change or may be canceled Ongoing 30A Farmers Market - The 30A Farmers balls, carts, lunch, hole contests, team
because of the changing rules surrounding Pensacola Lighthouse Tours - The Historic Market is an International Farmers Market and door prizes included. Details: https://
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3/12 3/17
O’Mancis 4th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Block Party – Go Irish on the
Manci's Antique Club, 1715 Main St., Daphne, Ala. Island St. Paddy's
4th annual party with live music throughout the day. Day Pub Crawl -
$25 cover. Details: www.mancisantiqueclub.com/ Pensacola Beach,
events/ Fla. It’s the 35th
McGuire's 45th Annual 5k Run – 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. year of the annual crawl
- 600 E Gregory St., Pensacola, Fla. One of the featuring 16 participating
country’s largest prediction runs! Costumes, speed beach bars, restaurants
and prediction awards, pre-race breakfast and post- and hotels serving up Irish
race party. Details: https://www.mcguiresirishpub. drink specials, music and mischief.
com/special-events Details: https://www.pensacolabeachchamber.com/
go-irish-on-the-island/
3/12-13
3/19
Lucky Leprechaun 5K/10K and the Get Lucky Half
2nd Annual Shamrock Stroll 5K Fun Run/Walk, Pet
Marathon – Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Race and after
Parade and Costume Contest - 8578 Gulf Blvd. Navarre
party with food, brews and live music! 5K and
Beach. 8 to 10 a.m. The Run/Walk and pet parade will take
10K Saturday, March 12 at 8 a.m. start and Half
place simul behind the runners. Prizes for costumes and
Marathon Sunday, March 13 at 7 a.m. start. Details:
festive spirits! Pre-registration required. Details: www.
https://luckyleprechaun.itsyourrace.com/event.
navarrechamber.com or 850-939-3267
aspx?id=13094
30A St. Patrick's Day Block Party at Idyll Hounds - 6
3/15 p.m. – 845 Serenoa Rd. Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.
Irish Trivia at House of Henry - One event of many Ultimate St. Patrick's Day Block Party featuring
during #PaddyGras at HoH! 461 Harrison Ave Roosevelt Collier w/ Special Guests Nerf The World.
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3/5 local bands, and sample a wide variety of craft brews and
Nature Paint Party - E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center, 4956 State shop local vendors. 2401 Bellingrath Gardens Rd., Theodore,
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Annual Arts and Crafts Festival in Fairhope - An
events
Eastern Shore staple for more than 60 years! Vendors
3/8 and attendees come from all over the country for the fine
Destin Library Oktoberfest 2022 - 2 p.m. Destin Brewery art, live music, kids’ art & delicious food! Details: http://
owner and master brewer Kelly Taylor will speak about the fairhopeartsandcraftsfestival.com/
growing world of craft beers. Pretzels and sausage will be
3/18-19
available. Hosted by The Friends Guild of the Destin Library.
FLLUXE Art Festival – Panama City Beach, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Details: https://www.cityofdestin.com/105/Library
The festival is behind Destination Panama City at 101 W
Beach Drive. Details: https://www.flluxeartsfestival.com/
3/18-27
17th The Forgotten Coast en Plein Air Paint-out – A
cultural art event held throughout Franklin county. Details:
https://forgottencoastculturalcoalition.wildapricot.org/
3/19
Carrabelle Culture Crawl – 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hosted by the
Carrabelle History Museum, this free celebration of art, music,
history, food, and fun in downtown Carrabelle, and will take
place on March 19 from 10 am to 3 pm. Event includes the
popular Fishy Fashion show and a scavenger hunt. Details:
https://www.carrabellehistorymuseum.org/
3/11 – 13
3/26
2nd Annual Buggin’ Out: A Vintage VW Festival and Car
2022 Dauphin Island Native American Festival - Celebrate
Show - The Island Resort at Fort Walton Beach, 1500 Miracle
the area's Native American heritage dating back to 1100
Strip Pkwy SE, Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Vintage Volkswagen
AD! Event includes demonstrations of pottery, weaving,
lovers, start your engines and head to a weekend full of
and canoe carving, exhibits of 18th and 19th century Creek
spectacular vintage cars, poolside fun, live music, and more!
hunting camps and more. Food and traditional arts and crafts
Details: https://850tix.com/events/buggin-out-a-vintage-vw-
available for purchase. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Indian Shell Mound
festival-and-car-show-3-12-2022
Park: 2 Iberville Dr., Dauphin Island, Ala. Details and tickets:
3/12 https://dauphinislandarts.networkforgood.com/events/37811-
2nd Annual Beers & Blooms at Bellingrath Gardens and 2022-dauphin-island-native-american-festival
Home - 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The azaleas will be blooming in full
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Snowbird Clubs
Normally the clubs information would DESTIN: The Destin Snowbird club on the Fla./Ala. line. Information isn’t etc., are posted at www.iowa-
span two full pages. As we (fingers has a season-opening roost usually in yet available for 2023. Pick up the alabamagulfcoastsnowbirds.org/
crossed) emerge from the Omicron October. Club meetings are staged in Snowbirds Gulf Coast Magazine at
variant, information for the 2022-23 two sessions: 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. in this location. 15,500 Perdido Key Dr. MISSOURI: The club membership is
season is still in process. We've listed January and February at "The Roost" Details: visitperdido.com. mostly Missouri natives, but welcomes
club webpages and/or Facebook the Destin Community Center, 101 WALTON COUNTY Snowbirds Snowbirds from around the country.
pages, where available. Stahlman Ave, Destin, Fl. Cost to cautiously returned in-person this Join the FB page: Missouri Club of
join is a nominal $12 per year. Check season. Club meetings are staged Gulf Shores. Details: mer2@charter.net
Most clubs formed organically as a way
destinsnowbirds.com for schedules at Destin United Methodist Church, or mosnowbirds.org.
to meet other snowbirds and socialize.
and activities. 200 Beach Dr, Destin. Dues are MICHIGAN: Updates on the Michigan
The clubs depend on volunteers to
FORT WALTON BEACH: Final club $20 per year. Details on numerous Club plans for 2023 will be posted at:
fulfill vital roles, and that is something
meeting is March 2. at the Fort activities can be found at: www. http://www.michiganclubalabama.
most are looking for at this time - for
Walton Beach Recreation Center, 132 waltoncountysnowbirds.com com/
next season. Most set limits on their
Jet Dr. NW, Fort Walton Beach. Annual ALABAMA MINNESOTA: The final club breakfast
time and scope of responsibility so
membership fee; $10. Check activities The major club-sponsored fundraisers meeting is March 8 at GTs on the Bay
they don't burn out. The friendships
and details: fwbsbc.com. (Bratfest, Low Country Boil were in Orange Beach, Ala. Pre-register by
made are worth the time.
NAVARRE: Coastal Classes by the canceled this year but organizers 5 p.m. the Tuesday before the next
PANAMA CITY BEACH: Panama City Sea will be staged March 3, 10, 24. expect them to return in 2023.) meeting. Cost is $10. Check other
Beach Senior Center has become the The beach cleanup “Trash Bash” is NEW YORK: Club activities were events and club details at mnal.org
hub for local and Snowbird activities. March 26. Free weekly music concerts suspended this season. Check for WISCONSIN: The pandemic kept our
Organizers charge a nominal fee. “Tunes on the Dunes return March updates on Facebook: New York club from having meetings in January,
Activities range from exercise classes, 10. Check Navarre Beach Snowbird Snowbirds of the Alabama Gulf Coast. February and March of 2021. BUT,
craft shows, dances, potluck, games, Club on Facebook or https:// ILLINOIS: The club has a Facebook members sent in their dues anyway
woodworking, excursions and more. navarrebeachsnowbirdsclub.com/ or page: Illinois Snow Birds Gulf Shores/ and generously donated to our Angel
Information is updated regularly on 850-981-8900 or getrelaxing.com Orange Beach to communicate with Tree project of giving $25 gift cards
the center's Facebook page. You PERDIDO KEY: The Perdido Key members. No commercial posts are to the Foster Children of Baldwin
can also pick up a list on-site at 423 Chamber hosted three of its popular allowed. County. The club has a private
Lyndell Ln, Panama City Beach, FL. “Hootenanny’s" this year at the IOWA: Club info, breakfasts, activities, Facebook page: Wisconsin Snobird
Details: (850) 233-5065. popular roadhouse bar Flora-Bama Club.
Missouri club breakfast meeting: Snaps from the Missouri State
Breakfast at the Perdido Beach Resort in Orange Beach, Alabama.14
We have been at events and venues across the coast meeting snowbirds from all over the country , including:
Snaps! - Pensacola Snowbird Roost (above)
- Latitude (below left)
- Woodstoke Festival and kiln opening (below right)
- Panama City Beach Senior Center (bottom)15
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Pro baseball returns in
April to Pensacola, Biloxi
Minor-league baseball returns to the
Gulf Coast in April as the Pensacola
Blue Wahoos and the Biloxi Shuckers
open the season April 8 for a three-
game series at Blue Wahoos Stadium in
downtown Pensacola.
The two teams are part of the new look
of the minor leagues after Major League
Baseball took control last year. They are now
part of the Double-A South League. The Blue
Wahoos are an affiliate of the Miami Marlins; the Shuckers are an affiliate of
the Milwaukee Brewers.
Book your tee time today!
Fans can watch future major leaguers hone their skills. Family promotions
and fireworks shows are often a part of the teams’ events.
Single-game tickets vary in price range depending on the location of seats.
The teams play a 138-game schedule.
The Blue Wahoos are celebrating
their 10th season this year. The
Shuckers, who play at MGM
Stadium in Biloxi, Mississippi,
are in their seventh season.
Go to www.milb.com/
pensacola and www.milb.com/
biloxi for more information about
the teams.18
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