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2seaoat wrote:It is funny how in just 25 years the landscape of the beach has so changed. It used to be a few beach umbrellas, but now it is wall to wall 10 x 10 foot canopies which completely take the beach experience away when packed together. I guess what man has done to the barrier islands, we should not be surprised in their need to screw up the beachscape when given the opportunity. I am not a big fan of military air shows, and love civilian air shows. Oshkosh is amazing and we have annual civilian shows at our local airport, but you could not pay me a thousand dollars to go sit in that mess. 13 miles of beautiful isolated beaches and people pack into that insanity. I do not even understand any of the attraction to the beach in the summer.....it is a madhouse. I cherish the memories of my wife and I on the east end of Navarre by ourselves reading books and spending a peaceful day.
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SheWrites wrote:Always went to the Blues show on NAS when I was a kid. Just watched live coverage on FB via WKRG.
Will always be a Blue Angels fan. Hometown proud.
2seaoat wrote:It is funny how in just 25 years the landscape of the beach has so changed. It used to be a few beach umbrellas, but now it is wall to wall 10 x 10 foot canopies which completely take the beach experience away when packed together. I guess what man has done to the barrier islands, we should not be surprised in their need to screw up the beachscape when given the opportunity. I am not a big fan of military air shows, and love civilian air shows. Oshkosh is amazing and we have annual civilian shows at our local airport, but you could not pay me a thousand dollars to go sit in that mess. 13 miles of beautiful isolated beaches and people pack into that insanity. I do not even understand any of the attraction to the beach in the summer.....it is a madhouse. I cherish the memories of my wife and I on the east end of Navarre by ourselves reading books and spending a peaceful day.
RealLindaL wrote:All the shows were simply great this year, but the departing Saturday traffic -- which the powers that be had hoped to alleviate by providing more trolley/bus service from the outlying parking lots -- was the absolute worst we'd seen in our 18 summers here, probably largely due to everyone's attempting to leave at once under the threat of approaching bad weather (which never materialized).
Eastbound vehicles were backed up and creeping along a few feet at a time on Via de Luna for several miles east of the core traffic light, for a solid three and a half hours or more before the jam-up even began to ease up. Really awful.
And early on, westbound traffic was also backed up from Portofino east, such that we were glad there were apparently no emergency vehicle requirements during that time, as all four lanes were completely blocked.
There were WEAR-TV vehicles out here at the time, but not one mention of the situation on the news that evening. Probably in cahoots with the SRIA and the PBeach Chamber.
Yes, yes, we know the traffic is always bad after the Saturday show, but I'm telling you peeps this was way worse than ever, even compared to backups along the old two lane road in years past.
IMASOCK wrote:RealLindaL wrote:All the shows were simply great this year, but the departing Saturday traffic -- which the powers that be had hoped to alleviate by providing more trolley/bus service from the outlying parking lots -- was the absolute worst we'd seen in our 18 summers here, probably largely due to everyone's attempting to leave at once under the threat of approaching bad weather (which never materialized).
Eastbound vehicles were backed up and creeping along a few feet at a time on Via de Luna for several miles east of the core traffic light, for a solid three and a half hours or more before the jam-up even began to ease up. Really awful.
And early on, westbound traffic was also backed up from Portofino east, such that we were glad there were apparently no emergency vehicle requirements during that time, as all four lanes were completely blocked.
There were WEAR-TV vehicles out here at the time, but not one mention of the situation on the news that evening. Probably in cahoots with the SRIA and the PBeach Chamber.
Yes, yes, we know the traffic is always bad after the Saturday show, but I'm telling you peeps this was way worse than ever, even compared to backups along the old two lane road in years past.
Unfortunately, as long as the SRIA advertises this event to the greater NWFL area and in nationwide tourism ads, it will not get any better. There's just so much anyone can do. Do you remember when the Island Authority stopped letting bands like Hootie and the Blowfish do concerts at the beach? The traffic was the main reason....guess the Blues show gets a pass...
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