life in florida
 

after living here for a month:


man ! I love it here !!!!

weather's great - people are actually nice ! example:

I was in publix,the nice cashier lady was talking to me,not fake talking,she was asking me where I was from,the usual - she said I have an accent...the line behind me was backing up...NO ONE was excited !! in jersey,there would've been a riot !
there's a lot of interesting characters around here,large homeless population in Daytona beach - they sleep on the beach ??
my block is very quiet ! neighbors are completely cool

taking my flats boat out,for really the first time - a gentleman with the hewes version of mine,he seen us,and walked over with his bucket of live finger mullet - he gave them to me

can't believe people are this nice !

I've docked the big boat - why ANYONE would want to use a ramp is beyond me ?? makes no sense - slip price was actually cheaper than what I paid in jersey...go figure that one out ?? fuel is pretty high @ the dock $3.75 - .15cents per gallon discount for being a dock customer - ethanol free ?? like that really matters... that's a debate for another time....
nice dock ! clean,and people are really friendly !

the parks and ramps are FREE !!! I towed my flats boat down to riverbreeze park,to fish mosquito lagoon - what a nice facility ! FREE !!
the FWC guys,completley cool !!!

it's nice,being able to ride around on my road king at nite...it was really funny,it was around 55 in the morning,kids were going to school - with hats and gloves on ?? I laughed !!!

a CCW is easy to get !! everyone has weapons !! just about everyone fishes - and a complete stranger,he told me I was throwing my cast net the wrong way - he gave me a lesson for about a half hour - Christ !! I throw the friggin' umbrella now !!


still don't know why I waited so long to move down here !!!


just wanted to share that with you guys....

Glad to hear it Pelican. Southern hospitality ain't just a sayin'...

Now take off your mukluks, put away yer parka go have boat drink, bum a reefer from the neighbor playing the Jimmy Buffet records - and relax... you're in FL now...:D

Lived here all my life but go to Jersey for Eagel game a couple of times a year. Seems like quite a hassle to live there. I could also see how having snow on the ground for 150-200 days a year would make me miserable to live with to.

One thing they do have up there is some amazing food.

Hmmmm,

where i'm from - it didn't snow that much - I lived off the ocean
we had cold ! last 2 winters we had record cold temps - with the wind chill it was -25 for almost a full day - it warmed to a balmy 0 for a few days...

food down here is terrible !

Sssshh. Don't say that. Actually I think it depends on where you live in florida. I think it has changed a lot in the last 30 years or so.

Hey...that's what it is all about!

Daytona does have a larger homeless population than other places in Florida, not sure why.

Debate or not, I buy ethanol free fuel for my lawnmowers and my boat. But around here yes it is more expensive at the docks, so I got to a gas station that has a seperate ethanol free pump.

Glad you are enjoying yourself and your boat. I like to think that we are more friendly because more of us are Christians than other parts of the country. Around my area there is a church on every block, lol.

Regardless of the reason, though it is nice that people help each other, give fishing advice and are generally more friendly.

first time I went to riverbreeze park - just to check it all out,i was walking around and a gentleman was pulling his mako flats boat up the ramp.that gentleman said hi to me and proceeded to tell me all about his trip,what he caught,right down to drawing on a piece of scrap paper where he was fishing,and where he mainly fishes in the lagoon
I thanked him !

another older gentleman was walking around,he greeted me and gave me an incredible amount of advice on the mosquito lagoon area.

first time I fished that area on the maverick,when I got back to the ramp - a gentleman asked me how I did - he told me of a little know technique to catch grouper - gag grouper in that area

I can not believe how people down here share so much information !


fishing the ponce inlet in the maverick,got back to the ramp @ dark - a pontoon boat was dead - dead batteries,i offered him a quick tow around the island to his house/dock - towed him around,after we got there - I thought the guy was going to offer me a kidney,just for helping him out !

You will be "Crackerfied" before you know it..;)

All of the boat ramps, parks and piers on the east side of the county
are some of the finest in the state !

They are still free for now.. New Smyrna has been tossing around the idea
of charging for the parking. :mad:

River Breeze Park was one of the parks that was funded by the Port Authority while I was serving as chairman.

Glad you found a slip / dry stack for the Topaz..

I keep the No Bones at Inlet Harbor when the "Rays" show up in the spring
for fast access !

Love ponce inlet and sebastian inlet spent many Saturdays launching on those ramps.

Holly Hill Pelican
 

Tommy Paris and No Bones are on to something, Senior Pelicano. Things seem to slow down a little when you get away from the Metropolis's. There are little pockets of Southern Hospitality in Miami, Orlando and Tampa but for the most part they are trying to operate in a "New York Minute". In places like Holly Hill, Cedar Key, Sebastian, Punta Gorda, Flagler Beach, Goodland, Arcida, Branford and Crawfordville people seem to be willing to "take time to be nice". Don't judge too quickly and take time to smell the night blooming jasmine and listen for the whippoorwill, while you sip on a sweet tea.
It's all good Jimbo, but be careful, that Southern Hospitality is contagious - but I think a big dollop of it is good for the soul.

Orlando and the big cities in Florida are certainly lacking in friendliness and hospitality. But I agree with Terry, all of those places have it and I don't plan on moving mainly for this reason.

Thank you señor , or is it senior Terry.

i'm slipped - north of you - adventure yacht harbor - nice dock,great water !


i'm waiting on a weather window to run out - high speed trolling !

Most of the uptight people in my area are part time foreign residence or just yankees that haven't acclimated yet. It takes a little time for them to adjust...

Do not tell any more people from New Jersey about how great it is. I moved down to Bradenton from North Jersey. I have probably saved $250,000 on the state income tax and property tax alone. Girls are at least 2 points more attractive and average 20 lbs less.
Milf's abound!

Brian, you forgot to add "and they have a better personality". As far as the 2 points more attractive, I'm assuming that's on a scale of 1 to 5? :)

He He.... Born and raised in the "Market Rich" environment of Daytona Beach !! :D Agh, those were the days of spring break fun while in
High School & College... :cool: Seabreeze High School was right across
the street (A1A) from the Atlantic ocean ! :eek:

My sister and friends ran outta cabbage in FtL.
She won a wet t shirt contest and they made it home to NH.
Papa was less than pleased.