When these spring break punks disrespect MY home, because it happens to be within walking distance to the beach, and MY mailbox gets busted up, and drunken idiots push MY screen in on the front porch, yeah. Its more than just a pain in the a** and I wish they would go elsewhere or learn some common decency.

I lived on one of the busier streets on the Beach, Nautilus. Most of the year for 30 minutes twice a day the street was impassible because of school buses or parents picking up or dropping off children. Didn’t they know it was “MINE!! MINE!!” Funny thing, I learned to schedule around it. If I was outside, I spoke or waved to those stuck in line and usually got a smile and wave in return. Since I always had some kind of project going, sometimes I would get a visitor just curious as to what was going on. I guess they didn’t know it was “MINE”!

And since Nautilus is a great “cut through” street, Thunder Beach and Emerald Beach Cruise In, are especially busy times. All that extra traffic and noise, “MINE!! MINE!!” I’ll fix them, I’ll set up a chair and umbrella in the front yard with a cool one and I’ll just watch them, that will show them. And again, because of my projects, those “hooligans” would actually stop and talk and laugh and friendships were made. Couldn’t they see it was “MINE”.

And tour buses, and floats lining up for parades and the band practicing. But mostly it was about living at the beach. It’s not about peace and quite all the time, it’s about excitement and change and experience. It’s about tourists, coming for the same reason you live here. It’s about traffic sometimes and frustration sometimes and dirty beaches sometimes AND it’s about being “Damn Nice” most of the time. And that “most” is the key word.

If you’re all about peace and quite, and you still want water, maybe a lake in the Northern part of the county, or the river over at WeWa. Crestview might be a little more sedate. My bet is they all have their drawbacks.

So for me, I miss the beach and can’t wait to move back. Who knows? Maybe there will be room, that is, unless somebody has claimed it as, “MINE”!

“AVOID: Panama City Beach, Florida For a few months a year, this Florida town—referred to as PCB by the college crowd—becomes a sea of students in swimwear. The 17-mile beach gets so rowdy Panama City is adding 24 more state troopers to their roster during the Spring Break season.

The town also severed relations with MTV after a Lil Wayne performance got way out of hand last year, even by usual spring-break standards. But local businesses get their lion’s share of income during this time of year, so chances are they won’t go too far to curb the fun. Panama City is trying to upgrade its image with a new state-of-the-art airport, but for during Spring Break it continues to be one big party.”

The article is found at: http://tinyurl.com/yefgubs

I agree with the comments, Spring Break is out of control and those 2 weekends a year with bikers is also a pain in the rear.