This thread evolved from PCB vs. FTL to PCB vs. Destin...it almost shifted to PCB vs. JaxB but didn't quite get there.
When Is Panama City Going To Wise Up
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This is what I said earlier, the business owners have to stop catering if they truly want it to go away.
I do believe however that the no booze on the beach mandate will help run some of them off. It's not going to be fun settings on the beach hiding your drink. I would go some where else if it were me at that point.
And I had a conversation with a friend who owns a fairly prominent cabinet shop in PC last night. He said that he is busy from April until mid May with repairing door jams and counters etc from the spring breakers. I found the trickle down effect for the local economy interesting. It's not just the bars and hotels who profit from spring breakers...it goes much further than that.
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Could y'all imagine any other state having this conversation? I'm actually sitting by the pool in Pensacola Besch right now and having a right fun time with my kids here. Highly underrated as a family spot. It kinda reminds me of PCB in the 80's. Even taught my son how to properly apply mr Zogs to his new skim board before teaching him how to properly face plant into a wave. Pretty much every part of Florida blows the rest of the country away as long as you know how to do it right or at least read one of Tribe's posts before going.
Except Daytona that is. Y'all can keep that beach and I'll hang at Tomoka state park nearby.
Except Daytona that is. Y'all can keep that beach and I'll hang at Tomoka state park nearby.
A little bit of this is the self righteousness of those complaining right now. Dont get me wrong, a lot of what is going on is crazy and needs to be under control, but the same people that want spring break to "go away" would be the ones yelling if those same ordinances of no alcohol on the beach were applied to Shell Island. And a month or two from now everyone will be saying how great it is to see all the revenues generated from spring break.
Bay County has 27 miles of beaches. The craziness occurs on maybe a 2 mile stretch.
Bay County has 27 miles of beaches. The craziness occurs on maybe a 2 mile stretch.
PCB is very diverse. It's a long beach and the attitude changes from place to place. East Thomas Drive to West Thomas Drive totally different. Long Beach. Pier Park area, Laguna Beach, Inlet Beach. Breakfast Point, Middle Beach There's something for everybody. Who wants to be like Destin? We have Pier Park, all chain establishments.
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It's all about the recent winds, the current tide and how close you are to an inlet, bay or river mouth. Every beach in Florida has the potential to be crystal clear or cloudy and some can be very nasty at times.
It's all about the currents...could be great in PCB one day, and seaweed in Destin, then vice versa.
I was told by a captain here that there is a massive type of current that pushes out right in our area. He said it has to do with the Mississippi dumping in, something like that.
But if look on a map, you'll notice that from St Joe through Destin the land faces South/West (why we have great sunsets even though we are north Florida looking south). He said the currents formed our coast line and this is what helps keep our waters so pristine.
I'm not an oceanoligist...just what I was told by an old boat captain. It made sense to me at the time.
This is true. I've seen the seaweed 3 feet thick by my house and none at St. Andrews state park 20 miles from here.
And then there is another way to look at it. A half million people are showing up to party and people are concerned with 300 arrests.
Tallahassee has just under 200k people living here and has about 30 arrests per day. Roughly 600 arrests over the same 3 week period with approx a third of the people.
Tallahassee has just under 200k people living here and has about 30 arrests per day. Roughly 600 arrests over the same 3 week period with approx a third of the people.
Maybe the arrest numbers are low because the police are being lenient and not strictly enforcing the laws. If the police were enforcing laws like they do in Tally on a day to day basis, I am sure there would be a lot more arrests during Spring Break...anywhere, not just in PCB.
It couldn't be the Mississippi, the long-shore current runs East to West (due to the Coriolis effect) so everything exiting the Mississippi (water et al.) is automatically taken to Texas/Mexico (which is why their beaches aren't as white as the Emerald coast). All of the sand on the awesome North-Florida beaches come from the Appalachian mountains, couriered there by the ACF (Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, & Flint) River basin.
I assume you're talking about the Sandshaker Lounge? My wife and I went there our last two trips to Pensacola. I can say that I'm not a big fan of the "official" drink of Pensacola the Bushwhacker as it's too sweet and heavy in the fats even compared to NOLA low rent French Quarter daiquiris like handgrenades, hurricanes, jesters, etc... But it's a nice laid back bar and we found other things to enjoy.Originally posted by cmanole:
Oh yeah, my home town lol. I'd put it between AMI and Longboat just because of the Shaker...Originally posted by fsu1jreed:
Where does P'Cola rank on there?
You can learn something everyday here. I thought it came from parrotfish poop like most White sand beaches in the Caribbean (no joke, one parrotfish can produce up to 200 lbs of sand every year by eating the deposited limestone created by the corals it eats (and there are tons of corals north of the keys as they're nonphotosynthetic deeper water (usually over 50 ft) corals not the photosynthetic types found near the surface in the keys and carribean). Multiply 200 lbs times the tens or even hundreds of thousands of parrotfish times many decades and viola! White crushed limestone beaches.
BUT that's not what happened in the panhandle. Most of the White sand is finely crushed clear Quartz crystals that just look white.
The more you know.
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I have always been fascinated by this fact, and that the Appalachians are believed to have once looked like the Rockies. Our time on Earth is so infinitesimal.
I'm actually trying to talk my wife into going to the Mullet Toss in a few weeks. But I'll definitely be back soon, we absolutely loved our camping trip to the Ft Pickens campsite and as we picked up a federal pass due to our upcoming trip to the Big Five utah parks it would cost us basically nothing but gas and a couple of bucks. I WAS relatively ambivalent to Pensacola Beach as I'd always stayed on the public beaches and while excellent they're nothing better or worse than all of the other amazing beaches in the panhandle. But once we went out to the Federal areas especially the spots away from the parking areas it was magic. So now that's my new love.
It was kind of joke that probably went over your head.........Memorial day weekend is big with those that love rainbows, and that's all you will see that whole weekend. Well that and some smoking hot lesbians.........like really hot.
Yes, I love the Ft. Pickens area (I worked for Gulf Islands for ~4 years and my office was at the Coast Guard station (where you reserve & pay for your camping spot) and that job was awesome. Wish I could be working out there now.
Maybe...they (I've only had them at Florabama and Sandshaker but those are allegedly two of the best) just made me want a White Russian, Caucasian or preferably a Black Russian. It's no "Call a Cab".
But it's Friday and I don't have to go to Orlando to see All-American Rejects for "free" at Uni until tomorrow afternoon, so I think I will make a Black Russian now. But Tia Maria, Kahlua or go creative and use some or all of Sabra? Then St Augustine Cane vodka, Russian Platinum Standard, Ultimat, Crystal Head or Zyr?
It's a tough tough life I lead.
It's a tough tough life I lead.
