NewChief |
07-13-2008 03:15 PM |
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Originally Posted by Stewie
(Post 4844805)
Florida is over-rated unless you're a blue hair.
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I tend to agree, and I refused to take the annual family vacation to Florida for years. I was too snobbish and thought all my family were rednecks and uncultured for wanting to go. That being said, it's a great place to take a relaxing family vacation with the kids. Get up every day before dawn and go fishing. Come back home and eat breakfast with everyone who is just getting up. Take the kids to the beach, then the pool. Go in for naps with the kids and get out of the sun. Read a little. Come back out and hit the pool then the beach. Go out for a nice dinner or cook one in the hotel room. Sit up and play dominoes or cards after the kids go to bed, knocking back a few cold ones. It's hard to beat, especially for spending quality time with your extended family. It's certainly not the culturally interesting experience that I usually seek in my travels, but those tend to be more difficult and more expensive when kids are involved.
I'll also add that I've been to Nice, the Greek Islands, Cancun, Jamaica, California, and Australia, and I'll put Florida's beaches up against almost any of those, in the right places. The skyscrapers, crowds and touristy crap can ruin the feel of the beaches in Florida, but there are spots where it's absolutely gorgeous and unique. You've just go to go out and find the State Parks and such and find the Florida that once was before the tourist boom "ruined" it.
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