Florida felt like that when I was in University. I went with Campus Crusade for Christ during several Spring Breaks, so we weren't drinking and tearing stuff up, but even in the early 1990s it felt like... a beach would just be used up by Spring Breakers. That's so sad, some of my *best* memories are still of Daytona. Running into little-known but awesome people like the man who played Larry Bud Melman while waiting for a cab. There were always companies giving away t-shirts and hats and I would have a huge pile of March at the end of every day, having beat the guys at whatever silly games we played. My friends built the most amazing sand castle - it was a 1940's car, down to the last detail. So it might not feel the same now, but I'm so grateful that I got to go, and it was always cold and raining when we got home. :) So Florida was like another world. I skipped out of classes and went to places like St. Augustine with people from other schools. I've never seen that place in the daytime :) Definitely magical as well.

Mexico Beach. Miramar Beach. Santa Rosa Beach. Grayton Beach. Rosemary. Madeira. Fort Walton. Longboat Key. Navarre Beach. You're right, I only count nine. I guess I'll grab a map!

Sand? Yes, hands down. The gulf coast of Florida has the whitest, finest sand on planet earth. Water??? Mwahahaha....Have you been to the beaches in southeast Florida? The water is consistently turquoise, like Caribbean level. Only Anna Maria and Longboat Key can have water comparable to that.

I'll add it to the list. I was supposed to do this last year, but... we all know what happened to Big Plans in 2020. I hope the crazy does down and people will stop flying and driving into Florida just to get the vaccine. Who does that, it's absolutely selfish.