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1 July 2020, 09:39 PM | #1 |
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A visit to Daytona Beach
Quick trip up to a place that I haven't been to since spring break of my freshman year in 2007; a lot different than I remember it, now that I'm a family man!
A lot of restaurants and bars still closed, but otherwise a fun weekend getaway with the wife and our boys. First shot is during a morning walk so don't think that the beach was empty during the day, but it was not overly crowded either. Social distancing was easy on the beach.
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These are strange times indeed. Glad you and the family were able to get away. Things will get better. Keep the faith.
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Yeah, Daytona is a great place, yet very different than it's heyday when Spring Break was first there (my friend helped arrange the whole MTV Daytona thing when it first happened).
Am old enough to remember when Ft. Lauderdale was Spring Break central, and that area is VERY different today (far tamer).
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Great shots. Thanks for sharing.
My brother is a little further up in Ormond Beach. He went down to Daytona for bike week and never came back.
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Oh yea, all of South FL has tamed down since the crazed 1980s. SoBe was run-down retirement homes by the beach, now they're high-style $$$$ hotels. i kinda miss those crazy daze on the 1980s, it was an 'exprience' where............ :)
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I remember going there during one of the Spring breaks while in college and yeah it's an entirely different place when you visit with wife and kids!!!
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I use to spend a ton of time down in Daytona Beach shores. I miss heading that direction. Been wanting to take my family that direction, but with the current COVID situation we are just stuck at home. Thanks for sharing the pictures it’s nice seeing it if only in pictures.
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Looks like a nice escape. Great pictures!!
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I think I may have been driving one of those cars Steven
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when do we get back this lack of distancing - 2022? 2030? Never?
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Nice shots as always. Morning walk looks peaceful.
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Sweet! i'm the guy on the Puch two-speed moped (easier to navigate traffic and 'park' it during Spring Break).
Gotta love those Spring Break t-shirt contests
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Beautiful pictures as always PZ. For us west coasters it was Palm Springs for Spring Break. Crazy times for sure.
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Have to admit I wish I could have experienced it myself. Lived in FTL from 2007 to 2012. A great place to live, that’s surely outgrown some of its Spring Break reputation. Great shots Jessie. Living vicariously through your beach vacays mate! I’m heading to Vegas on the 19th and am looking forward to some pool time. Hoping Vegas doesn’t get shut back down... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Very nice.
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You’d need a time machine to enjoy some of the beaches...
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I never experienced Spring Break when I was a kid but when I was in Australia on the Gold Coast a few years ago during "schoolies", their version of Spring Break, it seems to have had the same vibe as Fort Lauderdale.
Lots of fun and lots of drunken kids. I guess a lot of coastal resorts have the same type of thing.
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I grew up in Daytona Beach, went to high school there and my mom still lives there. I have a timeshare there now, but never use it. It's an interesting place for sure.
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Wow, such a beautiful place! I wish I could be there now!
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I see my job in your first pic.
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I think Daytona Beach Shores Hotel is the yellow hotel right in front of the young lady's face in the first pic.
Stayed there for the first time as a guest of Sprint for the 2010 Daytona 500, and frequently (including three weeks ago) since. Pretty beach. |
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I'll let my wife know you called her "young lady". At 36 going on 37, she's (we're) getting up there.
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I never been but it looks beautiful
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