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crazy traffic!!!

Hop avatar
Beach Fanatic
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Is it july 4th and nobody told me?!?! It just took me 20 minutes to get from the tom thumb in Seagrove to 395......AHHHHH!

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NoHall avatar
hmmmm......can't remember
#2
Wacky leprechauns driving again?
NotnKansas avatar
Beach Lover
#3
Yes. They are. And they where all pulling out of the TomThumb in Seagrove around 12:50 today. :)
Matt J avatar
SWGB
#4
Sowal trick, turn down the dirt road just west of the old wheelhouse. Follow to the end and turn left (not much of a choice). This will take you either to 395 or you can then cross and sneak thru the back of Seaside.

The above scheme works in the opposite direction as well. ;-)
Smiling JOe avatar
SoWal Expert
#5
Wacky leprechauns driving again?
Yes, it's Auburn's Spring Break. The "yee-haaws" will soon be shouted out from the oversized, jacked-up $70,000 custom pickup trucks.
hnooe avatar
Beach Fanatic
#6
Yes, it's Auburn's Spring Break. The "yee-haaws" will soon be shouted out from the oversized, jacked-up $70,000 custom pickup trucks.

..and setting off the obnoxious fireworks which are always so appropriate in, March??!!!!
Minnie avatar
Beach Fanatic
#7
Alabama is also out this week.
Alicia Leonard avatar
SoWal Insider
#8
Alabama is also out this week.

3 SUV'S full of kids from Tennessee almost ran me over yesterday at the AL/FL line heading South:eek:
Beach Fanatic
#9
:funn::funn::funn::floor:

and i want to MOVE there:idontno:


Yes, it's Auburn's Spring Break. The "yee-haaws" will soon be shouted out from the oversized, jacked-up $70,000 custom pickup trucks.
DuneLaker avatar
Beach Fanatic
#10
HOP. Sorry about your delay. Glad you weren't trying to get to the hospital or pick up a sick child at school. We do have a problem in an emergency. With a fire or bad wreck for instance in the "right" place we could be trapped. Guess we better plan ahead for the Sandor move to Alys Beach. The backroad is okay, just don't want to overload their dirt road. Other paved possibilities should at least be discussed.
hnooe avatar
Beach Fanatic
#11
3 SUV'S full of kids from Tennessee almost ran me over yesterday at the AL/FL line heading South:eek:

My 2 Borders don't know who needs herding the most, the Auburn students in their SUV's, or the 4 year olds with the training heels??;-)
Beach Fanatic
#12
:eek:I bet those four legged kids are quite excited;-)​


My 2 Borders don't know who needs herding the most, the Auburn students in their SUV's, or the 4 year olds with the training heels??;-)
Alicia Leonard avatar
SoWal Insider
#13
My 2 Borders don't know who needs herding the most, the Auburn students in their SUV's, or the 4 year olds with the training heels??;-)

:biggrin: Anything that moves, hon. :biggrin:
Beach Fanatic
#14
:wave:great GREAT Dogs they are!!!!



:biggrin: Anything that moves, hon. :biggrin:
John R avatar
needs to get out more
#15
Guess we better plan ahead for the Sandor move to Alys Beach.

i doubt this will affect anyone here, unless they work the midnight shift.
Teresa avatar
SoWal Guide
#16
oh, I know! Hop - I drove thru seagrove about 3 times today and everytime the traffic was at a stand still. it is equally shocking every year when you see the crowds in the grocery, on the roads, in Seaside strolling around in teeny suits in the cold, and on the beaches (Sunday was packed at the beach). The shelves at publix are getting bare. Some are completely empty. amazing.
rapunzel avatar
Beach Fanatic
#17
I had to go to three grocery stores to find corned beef today. All three were basically full of frat boys loading carts full of beer and moms pushing two carts. The beer section at Watercolor Publix looked like it had been looted.

On the plus side, I did get carded buying Guiness. :biggrin:
Allifunn avatar
FunnChef - AlisonCooks.com
#18
:funn::funn::funn::floor:

and i want to MOVE there:idontno:
Yes you do!

Spring break.....someone has let the secret out....:bang:
Alicia Leonard avatar
SoWal Insider
#19
I had to go to three grocery stores to find corned beef today. All three were basically full of frat boys loading carts full of beer and moms pushing two carts. The beer section at Watercolor Publix looked like it had been looted.

On the plus side, I did get carded buying Guiness. :biggrin:

I knew there was an upside to spring break:biggrin:
ShallowsNole avatar
Beach Fanatic
#20
It's even scarier when four-lane roads are involved.

Sunday afternoon, 3:00 p.m., Emerald Coast Parkway at Danny Wuerffel Way. We were westbound, but in the innermost left turn lane to double back to Best Buy / Michael's. There is also a vehicle next to us; not a problem. Light turns green, we and the car next to us start to turn, when out of what is supposed to be the actual westbound lane comes a SUV deciding to make a U-turn, across our path :shock: , and totally in violation of every right-of-way protocol known to man. I am glad Fuzz was driving, as my peripheral vision might not have caught him in time. I am REALLY glad that Squirt wasn't playing driver-in-training.

Where is a cop when you need one? :razz:
seagrovegirl avatar
Beach Fanatic
#21
It's even scarier when four-lane roads are involved.

Sunday afternoon, 3:00 p.m., Emerald Coast Parkway at Danny Wuerffel Way. We were westbound, but in the innermost left turn lane to double back to Best Buy / Michael's. There is also a vehicle next to us; not a problem. Light turns green, we and the car next to us start to turn, when out of what is supposed to be the actual westbound lane comes a SUV deciding to make a U-turn, across our path :shock: , and totally in violation of every right-of-way protocol known to man. I am glad Fuzz was driving, as my peripheral vision might not have caught him in time. I am REALLY glad that Squirt wasn't playing driver-in-training.

Where is a cop when you need one? :razz:

The good ones are detectives.....:clap:
SHELLY avatar
SoWal Insider
#22
This is a cakewalk......just wait till they start jetting 10,000 Europeans a day into the new airport and the Germans in rental cars drive 30A at autobahn speeds :cool:


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Matt J avatar
SWGB
#23
Spring break is here, time for the Wednesday night 3am trips to Wal-Mart so you can actually buy the neccessities.
Beach Lover
#24
This is a cakewalk......just wait till they start jetting 10,000 Europeans a day into the new airport


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let's hope so. if so i bet they will spend dollars like drunken sailors on shore leave, let's hope so.
SHELLY avatar
SoWal Insider
#25
let's hope so. if so i bet they will spend dollars like drunken sailors on shore leave, let's hope so.

.....but Europeans are notoriously stingy when it comes to tipping--that's if they tip at all. They're used to having their waitstaffs paid "living wages" so they just round up the tip to the nearest Euro if they're felling overly generous (maybe) :cool:.


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John R avatar
needs to get out more
#26
Spring Break, unsafe at any hour. Let it be over.

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